After launching the Digital Accelerator Programme by Alibaba Cloud on Thursday (Aug 1), Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo told reporters that Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) had rolled out 5G network over the past three years and widened its coverage to 82% securing more than 14 million subscribers.
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00:00We have DNB and DNB has, what do you call, a very impressive record.
00:11We have, as of today, I think, almost 82% of COPPA, which is something to be proud of.
00:18In just under three years, three years now, we've managed to scale our 5G capabilities
00:24and we're looking at almost 14 million subscribers.
00:28I think that's almost about 38% in terms of adoption rate.
00:32So definitely, Malaysia is moving forward when it comes to 5G, but use cases, we have
00:37now decided that going towards December, we're going to come up with 40 use cases.
00:43The government has approved, what do you call, those cases.
00:47I think they're still in progress.
00:49We hope to see the first few being launched, what do you call, by the end of next month
00:54and then moving towards the end of the year, we hope that we can have these use cases up
00:57and running.
00:58We're focusing on different sectors, healthcare is very, very important, logistics is very,
01:01very important, tourism is important and transportation is important, different areas, different demands
01:08and requirements.
01:09But we are focusing on 40 key areas first in preparation for ASEAN next year.
01:15We chair ASEAN 2025 and I hope that things will start to move by the end of next month
01:20and we'll be able to see test cases up and running by the end of the year.
01:24Mr. YB, can you comment on the statement of the UN Young Leader about DNB as a white elephant
01:31when the model of 5G is being implemented?
01:34Can you comment on that?
01:35Yes, I can.
01:37The statement of the UN Young Leader states that DNB is like a white elephant.
01:43I have just given the figures that clearly show that we are successful in the DNB.
01:51Then we look at the need to ensure that 5G also reaches SMEs and MSMEs.
02:05That is what we call in-building services.
02:08We are also now moving towards that era, we are giving emphasis and focus to those aspects.
02:15Overall, we see that what DNB is doing is good in terms of consumer use and industry.
02:28So I don't think there is an issue with DNB becoming a white elephant.