{"id":12644,"date":"2021-12-11T15:07:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T07:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=12644"},"modified":"2021-12-11T15:07:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T07:07:53","slug":"5g-concept-discussed-between-kkmm-and-mof-early-this-year-saifuddin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=12644","title":{"rendered":"5G concept discussed between KKMM and MOF early this year – Saifuddin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — Discussions\u00a0on the implementation of the 5G single network or Single Wholesale Network (SWN) concept under Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB) as the operator was carried out early\u00a0this year, said Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saifuddin, who was then the\u00a0Communications and Multimedia Minister, said the discussions, involving the\u00a0\u00a0Communications and Multimedia Ministry (KKMM),\u00a0Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) were held before the Cabinet meeting on Feb 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKKMM, MCMC,\u00a0and the Ministry of Finance discussed the matter together before the Cabinet meeting on Feb 3, 2021, where the decision to set up a Special Purpose Vehicle (now called DNB) was made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“I was also involved in the next steps and was briefed\u00a0by DNB and EY (Ernst & Young Consulting Services Sdn Bhd) further\u00a0on the implementation plan,<\/em>” he said via a tweet<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz in a post on social media stated that the concept was a proposal submitted by MCMC in the Final Report on Spectrum Allocation for Mobile Broadband Services, which was published at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Tengku Zafrul, the report proposed the formation of a single entity by a 5G consortium comprising telecommunication companies (telcos) compared with awarding the 5G spectrums individually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He claimed that KKMM was also aware that a special purpose vehicle wholly owned by the government would be appointed to implement a single 5G network infrastructure nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On March 1, 2021, MOF announced the formation of DNB to manage the 5G SWN based on the cost recovery model rather than a profit maximization\u00a0model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tengku Zafrul was clarifying a statement by Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister\u00a0Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin in the\u00a0Dewan Rakyat last Thursday that there was no consultation with KKMM on the appointment of DNB\u00a0to undertake the deployment of the 5G network and infrastructure via the SWN model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMT<\/a> as reported by Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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