Malaysia to Build 5G Network Itself to Speed Up Service Launch
- Companies including Huawei to play significant role: minister
- Malaysia aims to deploy 5G services by year-end: Saifuddin
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Malaysia will build 5G infrastructure itself instead of relying on private telecom carriers as it seeks to accelerate the roll-out of high-speed services.
Companies including Telekom Malaysia Bhd. and Huawei Technologies Co. are expected to play a significant role once the work begins “as soon as possible” to have the network available by end-2021, Communications and Multimedia Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said in a group interview on Monday.