Unifi Mobile (stylized as unifi MOBILE) is a

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and the country's sixth

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. Originally known as Packet One Networks (P1), the company was founded on 11 February 2002 and is currently a subsidiary of the national telephone company,

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Overview

Unifi Mobile operates 4G

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, 4G

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, and 4G

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networks, and provide domestic roaming with

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with 4G and 2G EDGE networks. In March 2007, P1 was one of four companies awarded 2.3GHz spectrum licenses by the Malaysian government to deploy 4G WiMAX services throughout Malaysia. In August 2008, it became the first company to launch commercial WiMAX services in

. In March 2014,

(TM) bought a 57% stake in P1 for RM 350 million and plans to invest RM 1 billion over the next four years. In April 2016, the company was officially rebranded as ''Webe Digital Sdn. Bhd.''. May 2017 saw the announcement of the company's latest CEO, Moharmustaqeem Mohammed, replacing Azizi A. Hady. In January 2018, TM relaunched its mobile service under the ''Unifi Mobile'' brand. Unifi Mobile is a prepaid and postpaid plan operating on an annual contract. The Unifi Mobile LTE network consists of 850MHz FDD-LTE (Band 5), 2300MHz TD-LTE (Band 40), and TD-LTE 2600MHz (Band 38). Unifi Mobile utilizes its MgO 850MHz LTE band 5 spectrum (reformed from CDMA 850MHz), and

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provides domestic roaming on 4G and 2G until June 2023. On 1 October 2022, Jasmine Lee Sze Inn, 52, was appointed the new Executive Vice President of Mobile at Telekom Malaysia Bhd, and CEO of Webe, the mobile division of TM. On 14 December 2022, Telekom Malaysia Bhd announced the reorganization and renaming of Webe Digital Sdn Bhd to TM Technology Services Sdn Bhd, which later took place on 1 March 2023. * Used Celcom 2.6GHz (Band 7) for some in-building coverage from 2016-2023. Unifi started to use Maxis approximately 6,800 sites for 4G Multi Operator Core Network (MOCN) domestic roaming from mid 2023. * Used Celcom 2G network from 2016-2023. Unifi started to use Maxis 10,000 sites for 2G Multi Operator Core Network (MOCN) domestic roaming from mid 2023.

Milestones

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– January 2008 *

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– May 2008 *

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– May 2008 *

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– June 2008
Fiber ail
– June 2008 *

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China – March 2009 *

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announced strategic alliance with P1, which SK Telecom will acquire approximately 25% stake in P1 – June 2010 *

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– June 2011 *

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– June 2011 *

– Oct 2011 *

- January 2016 *

- March 2019 *

- June 2023 Packet One was discontinued as a company after Telekom Malaysia's purchase. Its W1MAX product offering still exists, though it now focuses on LTE as web.

Prefix and Subscriber Numbers

Assigned by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission: * Prefix: 10 , Subscriber numbers: 350 0000 - 359 9999 * Prefix: 10 , Subscriber numbers: 440 0000 - 459 9999 * Prefix: 10 , Subscriber numbers: 550 0000 - 559 9999 * Prefix: 10 , Subscriber numbers: 650 0000 - 659 9999 * Prefix: 11 , Subscriber numbers: 1000 0000 - 1049 9999 * Prefix: 11 , Subscriber numbers: 1800 0000 - 1849 9999

References

External links

* {{Telecommunications in Malaysia Telecommunications companies of Malaysia Mobile phone companies of Malaysia Internet service providers of Malaysia Telecommunications companies established in 2002 Malaysian companies established in 2002 Privately held companies of Malaysia