That’s a lot of money…
And this is rather good news, actually. Even Energy, Water & Communications Minister Datuk Seri Lim Keng Yaik (center), who’s usually known for criticizing telcos and broadband providers here, is happy and giving the thumbs up, judging from the picture. Maxis is going to spend damn a lot of cash on expanding its 3G network and broadband. This big amounts, of course come with big targets - on the 3G front, they aim to cover 60% of the country’s population by 2009.
Some facts on the numbers:
Maxis current subscribers are 150,000. The population of Malaysia, according to The Department of Statistics is 26,774,352, so 60% of the country is 560,237 people. The increase from 150,000 to 560,237 is 3.73 times. Which means, in 3 years time, they are aiming to nearly quadruple their number of 3G subscribers. Read more for some good news and bad news: What they plan to do with the money, and their unfair terms of service for their broadband users…
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