Digital Nasional Berhad

Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) is a Special Purpose Vehicle company fully owned by the Ministry of Finance Malaysia and is being regulated by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). DNB was established in early March 2021 to drive the development of the 5G (fifth-generation) infrastructure in Malaysia. It will offer 5G as a wholesale network service to other telecommunication companies.[1]

The first rollout of the 5G services in Malaysia was launched on 15 December 2021, with TM and YTL as its operators upon rollout.[2][3]

Deployment of 5G

DNB had announced that it would launch and rollout the country's first 5G network with a total of 500 sites in areas within Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Cyberjaya by the end of December 2021 which is expected provide about 10% population coverage.[4] The Malaysian government had also appointed Ericsson as the sole network equipment provider at a cost of RM4 billion as well as to build the infrastructure estimated at a cost of RM11 billion.[5]

Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB) chief executive officer, Augustus Ralph Marshall, said that the country's first 5G base station installation at Bukit Tunku has been powered on which aims to deliver 500 5G-enabled sites in Kuala Lumpur, Cyberjaya and Putrajaya upon rollout.[6]


Frequencies used on DNB network in Malaysia
BandFrequencyFrequency widthProtocolNotes
28700 MHz (703-723, 758-778)2 * 20 MHzLTE
3.5 GHz


It has also planned to deploy 5G in major cities and districts in Johor, Penang, Selangor and Sabah in 2022, with the aim of achieving 80% nationwide population coverage by the year 2024.[7]

References
  1. "RM15b 5G infrastructure cost to be borne by private sector, says MoF". The Edge Markets. 2021-03-09. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  2. Wong, Alexander. "DNB provides free 5G access to telcos in Malaysia until 31st March 2022". SoyaCincau. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  3. December 15, Shazni Ong / theedgemarkets com; Pm +08, 2021 17:02 (2021-12-15). "TM, YTL first operators to offer 5G access in Malaysia as DNB's 5G goes live". The Edge Markets. Retrieved 2021-12-16.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "DNB to minimise 5G rollout complexity". The Edge Markets. 2021-12-03. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  5. "Trillions at stake if 5G company fails, warns Najib". Free Malaysia Today (FMT). October 16, 2021.
  6. Wong, Alexander. "DNB promises to deliver 500 5G sites by end-2021, 100Mbps at weakest coverage point". SoyaCincau. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  7. "MOF says no need to sell stake in Digital Nasional to finance 5G rollout as no govt funding involved". The Edge Markets. 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
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