Malaysia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband

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The Malaysia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses report includes all relevant BuddeComm research data and analysis. Covering trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, internet, broadband, infrastructure and regulation. Please review the Executive Summary and Table of Contents for more details.

Malaysia encounters further missteps on its 5G rollout

Malaysia's journey towards launching commercial 5G services has been a bumpy one, littered with missteps and backtracks.

The first major controversy followed the allocation of 5G spectrum to Altel – a little-known company whose owner has close ties to the ruling political party, but is (at best) only a minor player in the country's mobile market – without going through an open tender process. After a public outcry and accusations of cronyism being levelled at the government, the Communications & Multimedia Minister revoked the order and instead instructed the regulator to go back down the path of a public tender (as had originally been promised).

However, the Malaysian government has since shown that it wants to continue to play a major role in the 5G market – to a much greater extent than seen in most countries around the world. Rather than issuing spectrum and allowing the network operators to develop and deploy their own infrastructure (typically using equipment and network sharing arrangements to offset the costs), Malaysia chose to create a government-owned infrastructure provider – the Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) – to be the sole wholesaler of all 5G access in the country.

The political gambit to control the rollout process (as well as create a potentially lucrative new revenue stream for the government) has instead hit a brick wall, with none of the current major operators agreeing to sign on with DNB. Instead, they are demanding a second wholesale network provider. Despite DNB having effectively completed building its 5G network, the launch of commercial services in Malaysia will have to wait for this latest political impasse to somehow be broken.

1 Key statistics

2 Regional Asia market comparison

2.1 Market characteristics
2.2 Market Leaders
2.3 Market Challengers
2.4 Market Emergents
2.5 TMI vs GDP
2.6 Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
2.7 Fixed versus mobile broadband penetration

3 Country overview

4 Telecommunications market

5 Regulatory environment

5.1 Regulatory authority
5.2 Fixed-line developments
5.3 Mobile network developments

6 Mobile market

6.1 Mobile infrastructure
6.2 Major mobile operators

7 Fixed-line broadband market

7.1 JENDELA
7.2 Fixed broadband service providers
7.3 Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
7.4 Other fixed broadband services

8 Fixed network market

8.1 Major network operator

9 Telecommunications infrastructure

9.1 High-Speed Broadband (HSBB) network
9.2 National Fiberisation and Connectivity Plan (NFCP)
9.3 International infrastructure
9.4 Smart infrastructure

10 Digital economy

10.1 e-economy

11 Appendix Historic data

12 Glossary of abbreviations

13 Related reports

Table 1 Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities Malaysia 2023 (e)
Table 2 Change in the value of the telecom sector 2018 2021
Table 3 Development of telecom sector revenue 2018 2021
Table 4 Change in the share of telecom sector revenue by key operator 2019 2021
Table 5 Development of telecom sector capex by sector (RMB billion) 2018 2021
Table 6 Change in the number of mobile number portings 2012 2020
Table 7 Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Table 8 Change in the number of contract and prepaid mobile subscribers and market share 2012 2022
Table 9 Change in the market share of mobile subscribers by platform 2018 2022
Table 10 Decline in SMS traffic 2012 2022
Table 11 Change in average mobile ARPU among MNOs (RMB / month) 2017 2022
Table 12 Change in the number of Digi's LTE subscribers 2015 2020
Table 14 Change in the market share of mobile subscribers by MNO 2012 2021
Table 15 Development of Maxis's financial data (RM million) 2012 2022
Table 16 Change in the number of Maxis's mobile subscribers (million) 2012 2022
Table 17 Change in Maxis's mobile ARPU (RM / month) 2012 2022
Table 18 Change in the number of Maxis's wireless broadband subscribers 2012 2022
Table 19 Change in the number of Digi's mobile subscribers (million) 2012 2022
Table 20 Development of Digi's financial data (RM million) 2012 2022
Table 21 Development of Digi's mobile revenue by contract/prepaid subscribers (RM million) 2019 2022
Table 22 Change in Digi's mobile ARPU (RM / month) 2012 2022
Table 23 Development of Celcom's financial data (RM million) 2012 2022
Table 24 Change in the number of Celcom's mobile subscribers (million) 2012 2022
Table 25 Development of Celcom's mobile ARPU (RM / month) 2012 2022
Table 26 Increase in Celcom's smartphone penetration 2014 2021
Table 27 Development of Celcom's LTE/LTE-A population coverage 2014 2022
Table 28 Growth in Celcom's mobile data use 2015 2022
Table 29 Development of CelcomDigi's service revenue by type (RM million) 2021 2022
Table 30 Development of CelcomDigi's financial data (RM million) 2021 2022
Table 31 Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers 2012 2027
Table 32 Change in the number of fixed broadband connections by data rate 2019 2022
Table 33 Decline in the number of DSL subscribers 2012 2021
Table 34 Change in the number of Telekom Malaysia's fixed broadband subscribers (million) 2012 2022
Table 35 Change in Telekom Malaysia's Unifi revenue 2019 2022
Table 36 Change in the number of fibre broadband subscribers 2010 2021
Table 37 Increase in the number of Maxis's fibre broadband subscribers 2018 2022
Table 38 Development of Telekom Malaysia's financial data (RM billion) 2012 2022
Table 39 Development of Telekom Malaysia's revenue by service (RM million) 2016 2022
Table 40 Development of Telekom Malaysia's revenue by business unit (RM million) 2020 2022
Table 41 Change in Telekom Malaysia's ARPU by service (RM / month) 2012 2022
Table 42 Development of Telekom Malaysia's capex 2012 2022
Table 43 Change in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity 2012 2027
Table 44 Development of domestic IXP traffic 2017 2021
Table 45 Increase in international internet bandwidth 2012 2021
Table 46 Increase in e-commerce transactions and market value 2017 2021
Table 47 Historic - fixed lines in service and penetration 1995 2006
Table 48 Historic - mobile subscribers, penetration rate, and annual growth 1996 2011
Table 49 Historic - DSL subscribers 2001 2011
Table 50 Historic - Internet users and Penetration 1996 2011
Table 51 Historic - Postpaid and prepaid mobile subscribers and market share 2002 2011
Table 52 Historic - Celcom mobile subscribers, prepaid and postpaid 2005 2011
Table 53 Historic - Development of Celcom's mobile ARPU (RM/month) 2008 2011
Table 54 Historic - Maxis mobile ARPU (RM/month) 2007 2011
Table 55 Historic - Telekom Malaysia capex 2007 2011
Table 56 Historic - International internet bandwidth 1999 2011
Table 57 Historic - Telekom Malaysia - Fixed Broadband Subscribers 2003 2011
Table 58 Historic - Digi mobile subscribers (million) 2006 2011
Table 59 Historic - Percentage of households with internet access/computer 2007 2011
Table 60 Historic - Telekom Malaysia's fixed-line subscribers 2007 2017
Chart 1 Asia Telecoms Maturity Index Market Leaders
Chart 2 Asia Telecoms Maturity Index Market Challengers
Chart 3 Asia Telecoms Maturity Index Market Emergents
Chart 4 Asia Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per capita
Chart 5 Asia Mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 6 South East Asia Mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 7 South East Asia Fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 8 Change in the share of telecom sector revenue by key operator 2019 2021
Chart 9 Development of telecom sector capex by sector 2018 2021
Chart 10 Change in the number of mobile number portings 2012 2020
Chart 11 Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Chart 12 Change in the number of contract and prepaid mobile subscribers 2012 2022
Chart 13 Change in the market share of mobile subscribers by platform 2018 2022
Chart 14 Decline in SMS traffic 2012 2022
Chart 15 Change in average mobile ARPU among MNOs (RMB / month) 2017 2022
Chart 16 Growth in the number of mobile broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Chart 17 Change in the market share of mobile subscribers by MNO 2012 2021
Chart 18 Development of Maxis's financial data 2012 2021
Chart 19 Change in the number of Maxis's mobile subscribers 2012 2022
Chart 20 Change in Maxis's mobile ARPU 2012 2022
Chart 21 Change in the number of Maxis's wireless broadband subscribers 2012 2022
Chart 22 Change in the number of Digi's mobile subscribers 2012 2022
Chart 23 Development of Digi's financial data 2012 2022
Chart 24 Development of Digi's mobile revenue by contract/prepaid subscribers (RM million) 2019 2022
Chart 25 Change in Digi's mobile ARPU 2012 2022
Chart 26 Development of Celcom's financial data 2012 2022
Chart 27 Change in the number of Celcom's mobile subscribers 2012 2022
Chart 28 Development of Celcom's mobile ARPU 2012 2022
Chart 29 Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers 2012 2027
Chart 30 Change in the number of fixed broadband connections by data rate 2019 2021
Chart 31 Decline in the number of DSL subscribers 2012 2021
Chart 32 Change in the number of Telekom Malaysia's fixed broadband subscribers 2012 2022
Chart 33 Change in the number of fibre broadband subscribers 2010 2021
Chart 34 Increase in the number of Maxis's fibre broadband subscribers 2018 2022
Chart 35 Development of Telekom Malaysia's financial data 2012 2022
Chart 36 Development of Telekom Malaysia's revenue by service (RM million) 2016 2022
Chart 37 Development of Telekom Malaysia's revenue by business unit (RM million) 2020 2022
Chart 38 Change in Telekom Malaysia's ARPU by service 2012 2022
Chart 39 Development of Telekom Malaysia's capex 2012 2022
Chart 40 Change in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity 2012 2027
Exhibit 1 Map of Telecom Maturity Index global ranking among countries in Asia
Exhibit 2 Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 3 Asia Market Leaders and market developments
Exhibit 4 Asia Market Challengers and market developments
Exhibit 5 Asia Market Emergents and market developments
Exhibit 6 MVNOs and host networks
Exhibit 7 Key international submarine cable systems with landing points in Malaysia

Malaysia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses