Will Digi get the 3G?

Congkoloi

PETALING JAYA: DiGi.Com Bhd has proposed to pay nearly RM700mil in cashand shares to buy Time dotCom Bhd抯 (TDC) 3G spectrum, a bandwidthwhich will turn this once smallish celco into an equally competitiveplayer against its two rivals.  



    Besides that, DiGi抯 parent, Telenor ASA, has invitedTDC to take part in the placement of DiGi shares to comply with theequity stake sell-down required of the Norwegian company by theGovernment.
This would be carried out via a book-building process, TDC said in astatement to Bursa Malaysia. Telenor has to sell 12% in DiGi to bringits current shareholding of 61% to 49% by year-end.
In a separate statement to Bursa, DiGi said it had extended an offer toTDC to enter into a heads of agreement, expected to be signed today,for a proposed alliance.
The alliance, among other things, involves DiGi issuing 27.5 millionshares, equivalent to 3.5% stake in the company, valued at RM654mil, orRM23.80 a share, to TDC for the transfer of the 1965Mhz-1980Mhz,2155Mhz-2170Mhz and 2010-2015Mhz or the IMT2000 3G spectrum that isvalid till 2018.


    DiGi would also issue a guarantee to the Malaysian Communications andMultimedia Commission in place of TDC unit TT dotCom抯 guarantee ofRM50mil. TT dotCom was assigned the 3G spectrum last November by theGovernment along with MiTV Corp Bhd

cocklea

if im not mistaken diorang dah dapat 3G nyer spectrum, next year diorang start. but of course, now diorang nyer saham 51% local, 49% foreign. tau tau lah kan, kita nyer gov ni kat "fair" yg teramat sangat.

*update: i guess we will not be getting any 3G from DiGi anytime soon, sadness

[quote]DiGi not guaranteed to get 3G spectrum licence

Keng Yaik: TDC must seek permission for licence transfer

KUALA LUMPUR: There is no guarantee that DiGi.ComBhd, which proposed last week to pay more than RM700mil for Time dotComBhd抯 (TDC) 3G spectrum, will receive the spectrum licence since thelatter is non-transferable.

Energy, Water and CommunicationsMinister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik said TDC had to write to theministry and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission(MCMC) for permission to transfer the licence.

揝pectrumlicences are not transferable unless with special permission of theminister,

juwaini

DIGI ni dorang tak pandai nak 'hulur', tu pasal gomen tak kasi..
aku harap dorang akan teruskan usaha dorang.. dari sebuah kompeni kecik, boleh semakin hebat macam ni.. bagus..
kalau tak sebab 3G, memang dah aku amik DIGI ni..

powerwoot

Patriotic sense : bagus kalau gomen kontrol pegangan asing, sekurangnya tiada manipulasi dan keuntungan tak mencurah keluar dari Malaysia.

Consumer sense : tak bagus sbb takde persaingan yang sihat, kurang persaingan bermakna pengguna tak dapat banyak pilihan dan penyedia sedia ada akan manipulasi harga.

Spektrum 3G hanya boleh didapati melalui lesen, sepertimana Microsoft memberi kita lesen untuk guna Windows dan bukan memilikinya sebab dia closed propriety. Kita diberikan lesen hanya untuk mengguna. Sama seperti lesen spektrum 3G, ianya secara dasar adalah hak kerajaan dan disewakan kepada pemegang lesen tertakhluk kepada syarat2. Prosedur yang sama jugak dilakukan kepada mana2 negara yg memberikan lesen pada syarikat selular masing2, samada adil atau tidak itu terserah pada kerajaan masing2 contoh US, UK, Australia tak semua syarikat selular dorang dapat lesen 3G. Lesen hanya boleh pindah milik dengan kebenaran kerajaan masing2.
Gabungan DiGi dan TDC, ramai orang pendapat bahawa gabungan tu adalah kerana DiGi membeli TDC sekali gus memiliki lesen 3G, itu adalah salah sama sekali. Sekiranya benar sekali pun, DiGi takkan dapat memilik spektrum 3G atas dasar di atas, 3G adalah milik kerajaan secara dasar dan bukannya milik TDC.

Perjalanan DiGi agak samar selagi MCMC belum beri kata putus samada dia boleh guna 3G dalam maa terdekat ni. Kalau dapat baguslah, akan wujud perang harga garenti Maxis dan Celcom akan revised balik kadar masing2.

bzzts

digi takde consultant yg bagus. sebab tu selalu kena "main". nak kene hulur la, itu la, ini la...
gomen pun 1 hal. dok pilih bulu... MCMC plak macam dok tunggu durian runtuh je. haa, skrg digi sangup bayar 700juta - cash lagik tu, telenor pun dah turunkan syer kurang dari 50% dlm digi ,  takkan tak lepas lagi kot?

Congkoloi

Telenor terpaksa let go saham dalam Digi la camni .. sbb by hook or by crook .. by next year .. depa hanya bleh ada stake 49% jer ...

2 bulan lagi baru bleh tau result deal neh ..

kerajaan mmg membazir pasal tak bagi kat Digi awal awal ..

bzzts

bukan dah setel ke kes telenor let go saham digi tu?

Congkoloi

aku pun ingat macam tu .. tapi kat atas tu cakap

Telenor has to sell 12% in DiGi to bringits current shareholding of 61% to 49% by year-end.

btol la depa da letgo ek..

medangmru

Digi dah terdesak bangat nak kan 3G...

medangmru

Aku sokong Digi dapat 3G......at least...aku tumpang sekaki....

lebai_WOLRD

rasanya elok Digi tingkatkan liputan setaraf celcom dan maxis sebelum nak  melabur dalam 3G ni................

medangmru

Aku rasa coverage Digi dah ok.......setaraf apa yg mu maksudkan lebai????/Adakah kerna takder 3G dikatakan tak setaraf??/adakah anda pengguna Digi???

bzzts

aku stuju ngan medangmru, aku dok ulang alik kL-klantan, hampir 80% tempat yg aku lalu-jalan ada coverage. maxis 85% celcom 90%. even kat kelantan skrg pun dah ramai pengguna digi walaupun kat klantan takde digi center, cuma ada master/authorized dealer saja utk collect bill dan jadi pengedar prepaid.

azaleena

isu digi buy over TT shares utk dpt 3g license kan dah dihighlight oleh minister. diorang buat deal tanpa consult & permission from minister & mcmc. Senang2 je TT nak lepaskan license yg dibagi kpd org lain without permission from MCMC & Minister. sedangkan dlm contract/agreement, dah nyatakan, kalau fail utk deliver within proposed time, diorang either kena surrender balik or kena bayar denda.

ni disebabkan masa nak dpt license tu, it's based on beauty contest. Means, kena submit proposal. proposal lengkap dgn timeline & all. failed to meet timeline, kena denda.

if not mistaken, now tgh on-hold.

Digi susah la nak dpt license 3g on their own as they have foreign ownership. Eventho now, dah kena kurangkan to 49%, tapi, still, duit mengalir keluar tu byk.

azaleena

telenor kena reduce from 61 to 49. so, part of deal dgn TT tu, to let TT owns certain percent of Digi.

tapi, diorang buat deal on their own, tanpa involvekan ministry or MCMC.

stfunewbiez

kalau digi ada 3g..
memang berita bagus la..
digi ni pelopor hancurkan harga2..
kira kalau dia dah wat pomotion,
memang dia kasi hancur kaw2 itu digi,
maxis pn akan turut serta bersaing  gak nant

limaukasturis

Tapi yg aku frust, edge punya rege rm6+ hampir sama ngan 3g celcom 384kbps rm68. Kalau rendah sket sure booommm punya.

medangmru

Kalau x silap aku...Digi kan perintis Prepaid kat Malaysia kan...

stfunewbiez

Originally posted by medangmru at 2-12-2007 02:27 PM
Kalau x silap aku...Digi kan perintis Prepaid kat Malaysia kan...

yea ar,tapi digi nie memang bagus la,
pasal sumer teknologi2 yng dari luar,
contohnya mcm gprs,digi yng ada dlu.
baru la maxis lepas tu.
dah lepas gprs edge,
cuma yng 3g nie je takde rezki lagi

takumi86

entah kenapa aku tak berminat ngan nombot digi ni...

anyway.. gud luck digi dgn 3G nyerr!.. hehehee...