Clipped from The Star Online Nation "Telcos agree to share network"
KUANTAN: Cellphone service providers have agreed to provide domestic roaming in the country, a move that will also help expand nationwide coverage quickly.
Maxis, Celcom and DiGi subscribers will have seamless access as long as one of those companies has a network in the area.
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) announced yesterday that the companies have agreed in principle to share their networks.
MCMC chairman Datuk Dr Halim Shafie said that introducing domestic roaming, especially in remote areas, is a faster way to blanket the country with mobile coverage.
"We have discussed this with the telcos who agree that rather than all of them going into the same area, it is better and more cost-effective for one to enter the place and for the rest to share the network," he told newsmen after opening MCMC's eastern regional office at Sri Kuantan Square here.
According to Halim, 47 sites around the country have been identified for the introduction of domestic roaming, and the areas would be divided among the telcos.
MCMC hopes the current 85% nationwide coverage would increase to 100% by the end of the year.
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