Maxis Signs Agreements for 5G-Advanced and GenAI Advancements in Malaysia

Maxis, Malaysia’s integrated telecommunications provider, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 to collaborate on a 5G-Advanced (5.5G) acceleration program. This includes various areas to drive commercialisation and adoption in Malaysia, including use cases, key technologies, technology evolution, and the ecosystem.

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Maxis and Huawei Partnership

Additionally, Maxis and Huawei will collaborate with solution providers to drive application and ecosystem innovation. Both companies will also explore initiatives to promote adoption and facilitate migration, further accelerating the technology’s acceptance.

Maxis and Huawei will also showcase the benefits of end-to-end 5.5G versatility, security, and robustness through trials and testing, as noted in the joint statement. They will utilize network insights to identify opportunities for business solutions and optimization enabled by 5G and 5.5G, with a focus on consumers and businesses, including small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

The technology players will also study future technology and spectrum evolution and provide recommendations in line with business cases and ecosystem readiness, which are reportedly aligned with the Malaysian Government’s policy to support the advancement of 5.5G in the country.

As reported by TelecomTalk, most recently, both companies showcased the first 5.5G or 5G-Advanced technology trial, achieving peak speeds of up to 8 Gbps, in Malaysia and Southeast Asia.

Also Read: Maxis Conducts 5G-Advanced Trial in Malaysia

Maxis and Dell Partnership

In another development, Maxis and Dell Technologies have signed an MoU at MWC 2024. This collaboration sees both parties designing solutions for cybersecurity and enterprise endpoint solutions on 5G.