Celcom Axiata Berhad (“Celcom”) and DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (“DiGi”) today signed a network collaboration agreement that will pave the way for the two leading operators in Malaysia to join forces to deploy a cohesive network.
The scope of this extensive collaboration will initially focus on the sharing of telecommunication sites, access transmission (microwave links), aggregation transmission and trunk fibre transmission. It is among the first in-depth sharing of network resources to be undertaken in this part of the world.
Signing on behalf of their respective companies were Dato’ Sri Shazalli Ramly, Chief Executive O!cer of Celcom and Henrik Clausen, Chief Executive O!cer of DiGi. Also present from respective holding companies were Dato’ Sri Jamaludin Ibrahim, Managing Director/President and Group Chief Executive O!cer of Axiata Group Berhad and Jan Edvard Thygesen, Executive Vice President of Telenor ASA.
This agreement lays the foundation for both parties to consolidate and upgrade over 4,000 sites and fibre transmission network in subsequent phases, geared towards full implementation by 2015. This will begin with an initial phase covering 218 sites from each operator.
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