Johari Ghani says govt should stay out of 5G networking business

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — In an interview with, former Minister of Finance II Datuk Seri Johari bin Abdul Ghani said the government should be focusing on administering the country than getting involved in the business. He said Malaysia’s 5G deployment should have involved the telcos instead of setting up aHe gave an example that in Thailand, the Thai government didn’t set up a 5G entity when it decided to roll out 5G and their rollout was very fast and smooth.

He added that’s why Malaysia’s 5G deployment was slow with just 36-38 per cent coverage. If Malaysia gave the 5G rollout to the private sector, they would know how to address it and the government would just need to control the mechanism to ensure that it will benefit the government and the people. He stressed that should be the role of the government instead of going into the business.

Jo Ghani said the government’s role is to focus on running the government and to collect the tax. When the government starts doing business, that’s where there will be a lot of problems will arise. He added that the government’s 5G plan had faced delays as telcos wereDNB is the sole entity that’s given the mandate to rollout 5G in Malaysia and was awarded the 700MHz, 3.5GHz and 26/28GHz spectrum.

After the change of government following the recent general elections, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has called for a

Kalau tunggu pihak swasta yang sentiasa mengutamakan keuntungan untuk pemegang taruh mereka untuk buat 5G, lambat la dan berkemungkinan besar mahal la penduduk desa dan luar wilayah utk dapatkan 5G. Kalau handal sangat dan semmgnya dah tiba masanya, buat lah duit kat luar negara.

Just give contracts to the DAP family members.....like mahathir used to do to keep the enemies happy

Well said YB DS 👍🏼

Ya dont sayyy? Where were you when the current MITI guy pushed for DNB?

You are right..that doesnt mean you get the concession

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