Malaysia's government is expected to dish out nine blocks of spectrum for LTE networks in the near future, reports The Star newspaper. In addition the four cellular and four WiMAX players each getting a block of spectrum, the newspaper reported that a company linked to billionaire Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukary will also be a recipient of a block of the spectrum.
According to the report, each company would get a 20Mhz block of the 2.5G and 2.6Ghz bands, which comprise the 70Mhz and 120Mhz blocks respectively, or totalling 190Mhz.
"The thinking of the Government this time around is not to deprive any player that is serious about rolling out next generation-type services of a spectrum which can help them offer rich applications for users. That is why all wireless players get a slice each," an unnamed source told the newspaper.
How the spectrum blocks will be awarded - by auction or beauty contest is not yet known.
Celcom has started trials of LTE network kit supplied by both Huawei and Ericsson, while Maxis carried out trials with kit supplied by Alcatel-Lucent and Huawei.
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