After the big four telcos proposed another 5G network in Malaysia, Bangi MP Ong Kian Ming wants the MCMC to clarify the impact of switching to Dual Wholesale Network (DWN) model.
Ong, who is also DAP assistant political education director, today wrote an open letter with six questions to MCMC chairman Fadhlullah Suhaimi Abdul Malek.
He noted that the MCMC said in March last year that having the 5G rollout under DNB would remove the need for telcos to invest in their own 5G networks so they could focus on improving and expanding 4G services and fibre optic networks that would be crucial for the 5G deployment’s success. “From a transparency perspective, is it not important for the telco industry to comply with the same standards as DNB, all of which are regulated by MCMC?” he asked.
“Does MCMC agree with a DWN model where the MNO-led consortium will be allowed to focus largely in the more profitable urban areas following a ‘demand-led’ model of 5G deployment and leave DNB to focus on the less profitable semi-urban and rural areas following a ‘supply-led’ model? ” he asked in his third question to the MCMC.
“If this is the case, what is the likelihood that DNB will have to “close shop” leaving only the MNO led consortium remaining in the 5G deployment space, thereby turning the DWN into a SWN model but one that is completely owned and controlled by the private sector?” he asked as part of his fourth question.
“How much more in terms of interest service charges would DNB have to pay in a DWN versus SWN business model environment? What are the possible legal liabilities which DNB would have to face from its suppliers, contractors and vendors including Ericson?” he asked.
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