Celcom and DiGi to share network, promises price reduction in the future
Kuala Lumpur, 10 June – “Our collaboration will hopefully be cost-saving for the consumer, once we sit down and work thorough the details,” said Celcom CEO, Dato’ Seri Shazalli Ramly. Celcom and DiGi today announced plans to work together on three key areas of their respective networks – operations and maintenance, transmission and site sharing and radio access network. The sharing model is geared towards reducing cost for both operators by removing duplication. An agreement is expected to be reached before the end of 2010 once both parties have agreed on the details.
Both telcos will still remain independent from each other, and promises to refrain from monopolizing pricing. “We are sharing networks yes, but how we market our products will depends on us individually,” said Dato’ Sri Shazalli.
“We expect the market to remain as competitive as ever, even with our collaboration,” added Henrik Clausen, CEO DiGi.
Dato Sri Shazalli also admitted Celcom and DiGi will iron out issues which were “sensitive” before, to improve their co-operation.
The MoU was signed in the presence of MCMC Chairman Tan Sri Khalid Ramli. Also there were, Dato’ Sri Jamaludin Ibrahim, Managing Director /president of Group CEO of Axiata and Sigve Brekke ,executive Vice President of Telenor Group and head of Telenor Region Asia.
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