Malaysia opposition MPs urge review of 5G plan after Reuters report

KUALA LUMPUR: Two Malaysian opposition lawmakers on Thursday called on the government to review plans for a state-owned 5G network, after Reuters reported a negotiations deadlock between telecom firms and the state agency handling the network’s deployment.

According to the report on Wednesday, none of Malaysia’s major mobile operators have signed up to the government’s 5G network yet ahead of a rollout planned for next month, citing pricing and transparency issues.

The impasse comes after the government in February set up an agency to build a centralised wholesale 5G network, abandoning earlier plans to apportion spectrum to carriers, in a bid to accelerate infrastructure buildup nationwide.