BY ALEXANDER WONG
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission has kicked off the new year by revealing the spectrum bands for 5G in Malaysia. The spectrum bands will be assigned in Q2 and commercial availability is targeted for Q3 this year. Unlike the previous spectrum allocation, the lower 700MHz and 3.5GHz bands will be assigned to a single entity in the form of a consortium instead of individual telcos.
As a result, telcos can focus more on providing service and application, and worry less about infrastructure cost. In theory, this should lower operating cost and the savings will be passed on to consumers.There are concerns that a single consortium is equivalent to a monopoly but MCMC has clarified that they are not limiting the number of consortiums for the bidding process. Anyone can submit their bids if they meet the criteria but eventually, only one will be selected.
Do note that the spectrum band assignment to a consortium is only applicable for the 700MHz and 3.5GHz bands. The two higher 26GHz and 28GHz bands will be assigned through a tender process to licensees and 3rd parties which include non-licensees for the purpose of localised networks.As announced earlier, MCMC has identified 700MHz, 3.5GHz, 26GHz and 28GHz for 5G usage.
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