Vincent Tan tears into Muhyiddin govt for pushing single 5G network

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The U Mobile chairman says telcos were willing to fund the 5G rollout on their own, but Muhyiddin Yassin’s government insisted on a DNB monopoly funded by taxpayers.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/11/10/vincent-tan-tears-into-muhyiddin-govt-for-pushing-single-5g-network/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #VincentTan #5G #DNB

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00:00U Mobile Sindram Berhad chairman Vincent Tan has trained his guns on the Muhyiddin Yassin

00:07government for insisting on a single 5G network while defending the telco's selection to implement

00:14the second network.

00:16Tan said mobile network operators were previously ready to roll out 5G at their own expense,

00:22but the Perikatan Nasional-led government insisted on a single network, implemented

00:27and monopolized by Digital Nasional Berhad using taxpayers' funds.

00:33He highlighted that DMB has spent RM4 billion so far, with RM12.5 billion more planned,

00:39risking a total of RM16.5 billion in taxpayers' money.

00:44Tan said the monopolistic single network model was against global best practices and had

00:50failed in other countries, adding that having two networks provided competition which would

00:55lead to improvements on both sides.

00:58The Berjaya Corp founder also lauded the unity government's courage in breaking up DMB's

01:03monopoly and reiterated that U Mobile's rollout of the second network will not involve public

01:09funds.

01:11In defending U Mobile's selection, Tan said the telco has 9 million subscribers and extensive

01:16coverage, saying that it is on par with major players like Cellcom Digi and Maxis.

01:23Tan also urged against irresponsible comments against Yang Libertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim,

01:28who has held a stake in U Mobile since 2015.

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