The merge might be a good news for us as Digi has finally secured a 3g license to develop their industry further and become more competitive in the telco industry. But note that TimeDotCom is a lost-making company which was backed by the government and don't have much experience in this field. Why would the government award the 3g license to them at the first place? It’s been 5 years and the company has not done anything to utilize their 3g yet. Now they are just going to 'lease' their license to Digi for 700million for 10 years, and waiting for Digi to 'teach' them how to run the business. Not to mention that Digi will have to pay some fees to them every year as per agreement. So what will you do if you are TimeDotCom? Sit there doing nothing and wait for money to come into their pocket lar!
The good part is that Digi will not only gain the 3g license but also the fiber optics infrastructure (which TimeDotCom owns and was sitting there catching dust) which will give them an upper hand in the future broadband business. They will also have access to develop WiMax technology, which so far haven't seen the light from other companies yet.
We will be seeing a new look from Digi next year, but will it be better or worst? I hope TimeDotCom will not mess up everything.
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Broadband Edging
Been using Digi Edge for 5 months now. What I can say is that the connection is stable and the speed is on and off acceptable for normal surfing. Surfing on mobile is a great experience and I am happy using my N73. Being able to use it as a modem to surf on my PC is another good thing. So far Digi has never failed me on connection speed and coverage. I’ve been living on those for almost 5 months before getting a wired broadband connection. Well it’s time to say bye bye to my Edge subscription. Now they are offering at RM66/month unlimited package (was RM99/month), a good buy if you are interested in mobile broadband.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
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