Posted: January 4th, 2010 | Filed under: Market | No Comments »
PETALING JAYA: This year will be the broadband year for Malaysia – expect intense competition, new devices and packages flooding the market place, and do not rule out fixed broadband players stealing some market share from wireless players.
Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) is expected to deliver its high speed broadband (HSBB) in some areas even if it is for trials. Equally interesting will be Maxis Communications Bhd’s entry, or re-entry to some people, into the fixed broadband market in a way that may surprise many.
Time dotCom Bhd (TDC) – a company many say is history – will re-emerge while YTL Communications Bhd, which has been grossly overselling its WiMAX 4G idea, wants to “sizzle” the market with a grand entry in July.
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Posted: December 10th, 2009 | Filed under: Market | No Comments »
Malaysia – YTL Communications has handed JWT and Agenda the task of launching its national brand communications plan as it bids to build the first nationwide 4G mobile internet network.
“We need partners who are passionate about this, understand our challenges and are willing to walk the extra mile to make the difference,” Yap Kok Leong, chief marketing officer, YTL Communications, said.
YTL Communications is partnering with Clearwire, Cisco, GCT and Samsung on the project.
JWT will now work with Agenda to launch a 360-degree marketing communications plan in July 2010.
JWT managing director, Subhendu Mukherjee called the 4G mobile internet network project an “important initiative that will not only improve communications in Malaysia but also drive innovation and investment in the economy.”
Posted: December 3rd, 2009 | Filed under: Market | No Comments »
KUALA LUMPUR – YTL Communications, a subsidiary of one of Malaysia’s leading integrated infrastructure conglomerates, has appointed JWT to launch its national brand communications plan to promote the country’s first 4G mobile internet network.
Agenda will take on digital duties, and both WPP companies will work to launch a through-the-line communications plan in July 2010.
“We will be building the first nationwide 4G mobile internet network in the world. We need partners who are passionate about this, understand our challenges and are willing to walk the extra mile to make the difference,” said Yap Kok Leong, chief marketing officer, YTL Communications. “We believe JWT can deliver this promise. Together, we will deliver a truly connected life to the Malaysian people.”
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Posted: December 1st, 2009 | Filed under: Market | No Comments »
KUALA LUMPUR: Rising broadband competition appears to be halting the growth for incumbent Telekom Malaysia Bhd’s (TM) broadband segment, which expanded a mere 6% in the third quarter ended Sept 30 compared with over 40% a year ago.
In addition to fast-growing 4G WiMAX operator Packet One Networks (M) Sdn Bhd (P1), TM also faces strong competition from Celcom (M) Bhd, Maxis Bhd and DiGi.Com Bhd which continue to aggressively promote their mobile broadband high-speed downlink packet access offerings.
The broadband landscape has intensified where it isn’t just the 3G cellular players like Celcom, DiGi and Maxis that are growing their mobile broadband share. 4G WiMAX operators such as P1 are also giving the celcos a run for their market shares.
Posted: November 30th, 2009 | Filed under: Personnel | No Comments »
KUALA LUMPUR: YTL Communications Sdn Bhd, one of four WiMAX licensees in the country, has yet to roll out its WiMAX service, but it has an ambitious plan to hook up the entire nation, starting with the peninsula, by 2010.
With an investment commitment of some RM2.5 billion, YTL’s proposal won the grudging approval of other WiMAX players in the country, who agree that nationwide connectivity is necessary to unleash the full potential of mobile WiMAX.
Nonetheless, it remains to be seen whether the deployment of the network will achieve the lofty goals YTL has set for itself.
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Posted: November 26th, 2009 | Filed under: Technology | No Comments »
PUTRAJAYA: Broadband penetration must increase dramatically for the nation to continue progressing — this was a key topic at the 12th International Advisory Panel (IAP) meeting.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said there needs to be broadband penetration on a massive scale for the country to go even further.
He quoted a World Bank report which said that for every 10% increase in broadband penetration there would be a 1.3% increase in economic growth.
He was speaking at a press conference after the IAP meeting on Tuesday.
Najib said the Government’s target of 50% broadband penetration by the end of next year, as outlined in the National Broadband Plan, is achievable. Currently 24% of Malaysian households have broadband.
“TM (Telekom Malaysia) is pushing hard while YTL (one of four WiMAX licence holders) has just launched its 4G (fourth generation wireless broadband) service, he said.
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Posted: November 25th, 2009 | Filed under: Personnel | No Comments »
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, November 16, 2009 – YTL Communications Sdn Bhd today announced the appointment of Ali Tabassi as a director to its board. Mr. Tabassi is senior vice president of global ecosystem and standards for Clearwire and as such is responsible for driving industry standards internationally to achieve Clearwire’s corporate objectives. He also leads the company’s global advocacy program and its network engineering, operations, product development, and IT services in Ireland, Spain, Belgium, Romania, Germany and Poland as the CTO of Clearwire International.
“We are pleased to leverage Mr. Tabassi’s vast experience helping to expand the burgeoning global WiMAX ecosystem,” said YTL Group Managing Director Tan Sri Dato’ (Dr) Francis Yeoh Sock Ping, CBE, FICE. “His insights and guidance will be invaluable as we roll out 4G services to improve the lives of people across Malaysia.”
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Posted: November 24th, 2009 | Filed under: Technology | No Comments »
YTL’S premium properties, five-star hotels and resorts and upscale malls have helped make the brand synonymous with luxury and increasingly, the company is leveraging the premium attached to the brand to expand abroad.
Tan Sri Francis Yeoh, managing director of YTL Corp Bhd, says Starhill Towers and Gallery in Dubai will be completed next year and YTL has agreed to build another in Almaty in the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan. Starhill Gallery, a swanky shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur’s Golden Triangle, was rebranded by Interbrand as a premier mall in 2005 and made Forbes Traveller’s 2007 list of Asia’s Amazing Malls. Last year, YTL signed an agreement with ETA Star Property Developers LLC of the UAE to launch the concept in Dubai. It will be the first development outside Malaysia to carry the Starhill brand.
A much-anticipated event next year is the launch of YTL e-Solutions’ (YTLe) Wimax network which will cost the company RM2.5 billion. “By December next year, the whole country will have access to YTLe’s wireless broadband service,” Yeoh says, adding that he targets 14 million subscribers.
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Posted: November 23rd, 2009 | Filed under: Technology | No Comments »
PUTRAJAYA, Nov 10 (Bernama) — The signing of Malaysia’s 4G Innovation Network spells innovation which will transform the country towards more success, said Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Tueaday.
He said the usage of 4G wimax will expose every corner in Malaysia to the digital world and gather the best information needed for every aspect of life.
Quoting a report from the World Bank, he said every increment of 10 per cent in broadband penetration for a country will push its economic growth by 12 per cent.
“Can you imagine Malaysia with a very high broadband penetration rate, not only in Klang Valley but throughout the country, the rural, the countryside.
“We cannot build an optic fibre in Jeli (Kelantan), Pekan (Pahang). 4G wimax is the solution,” said Najib at the signing ceremony for the Establishment of a 4G Innovation Network in Malaysia, here.
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Posted: November 19th, 2009 | Filed under: Technology | No Comments »
Nov 10, 2009 – KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – YTL Communications Sdn Bhd today announced the formation of a 4G Innovation Network in Malaysia in cooperation with some of the preeminent players in technology, including: Cisco, Clearwire, GCT Semiconductor, Inc. and SAMSUNG. High-ranking executives from each participating company marked the official start of the initiative during a ceremony at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur witnessed by the Honourable Prime Minister of Malaysia Y.A.B Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak.
To inspire the developers who take part in the 4G Innovation Network to create exciting new products and services that address consumers’ needs, YTL Communications will sponsor a global competition-the mY Prize-in 2010. A total of USD 1 million will be awarded to help entrepreneurs and innovators realize their best ideas and then offer them to consumers on a nationwide level. More details will be announced by January. Developers are invited to visit the Company’s web site to request more information at: www.ytlcomms.my.
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