Friday, October 19, 2012

LTE network in Malaysia? When?

To those who have been using DiGi should have noticed that their network is not really improving even after doing the network swap to LTE. DiGi is the first telco in Malaysia, ahead of Celcom & Maxis to implement this system, but even though we have an LTE ready towers, is the technology available yet in Malaysia, especially when both Maxis and Celcom are not doing anything yet. BUT NOW


Celcom has came up and announced their turn to do this swapping, I wonder, will they face the same complications as DiGi or will they be smart enough to have tackled the problems before hand, but thing is, there is always the on the ground issues to pop up, now we will see how well Celcom's management is by how fast/efficient they tackle the problems that will arise.



Now for the more interesting question, how will Maxis capitalize on this when both DiGi and Celcom is still in this transition period? Making more lucrative plans and locking down their postpaid subscribers with at least 12 months contract, that would be a good thing to lock in the unhappy customers from DiGi and Celcom, and doing so, prevents these customers to leave Maxis when it is their turn to swap. This would be a typical marketing move, but I'm hoping to see something much more different.
Another thing is, could it be possible that Maxis has already started to do the swap, at a slower rate so to ensure minimal interruptions to their network? If that is the case, then WOW, but I kinda doubt that.
Anyways, it would be great for us to see how the LTE swap affects all telcos.

Currently the standings:
DiGi is the first to make the swap, and could possibly the first to finish it.
Celcom is the second to make the swap. (more news on this @Celcom)
Maxis could be monitoring and planning what is the best move here.




Off track a little, while looking for images, I came across a rather funny pic, to me at least, to be able to spot my cousin in a random pic. No, not the guy.



Image from link, link, link, link

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