PKR MP: Minister’s order to directly allocate spectrum band to telcos lacks transparency | Malay Mail

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PKR MP: Minister’s order to directly allocate spectrum band to telcos lacks transparency

Wednesday, 03 Jun 2020 12:58 PM MYTLembah Pantai MP Fahmi Fadzil called Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah’s directive shocking, saying it begged the question of how the firms were selected for the allocations. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

“On July 1, 2019, the MCMC commenced a public inquiry process, where several guidelines were proposed, including awardings via tenders, and some technical details such as: 3.1.2.5 An assignment of less than 2x10 MHz spectrum may not be ideal to deliver high data rate and this may affect the ability of operators to achieve the NFCP targets and ensure improvements of QoS.

“Unfortunately, the minister’s directive observed that no tender process was carried out or announced, no operator or consortium was given the entire spectrum, and the total 2x5 MHz spectrum block awarded to Altel and Telekom Malaysia did not follow MCMC’s initial views on July 1, 2019 nor MCMC’s September 29, 2019 report,” he added.

He also asked about the eligibility criteria for the chosen companies, including their success in building mobile networks, the size of their subscriber base, and specifically why Altel and Telekom Malaysia were given 2x5 MHz spectrum blocks when the MCMC had said this was not ideal. “If mistakes of the past are repeated, including infrastructures which fail to be built or coordinated, it is the users who would end up losing,” he added.

 

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