Maxis is first in Malaysia to conduct 5G live trials, a significant step forward in its 5G journey.

Hot on the heels of it’s recent announcement to accelerate 5G in Malaysia in collaboration with Huawei, Maxis commenced the first 5G live trials in the country earlier this week. The trials will be conducted over six months in Cyberjaya and will provide a deeper analysis of 5G characteristics.

Morton Bangsgaard (Pictured above), Chief Technology Officer of Maxis had this to say:

“This is another significant step forward for us in our 5G journey. Over the last few years, we have been assessing the technology and conducting demo trials in our test lab. We are already upgrading our transport network to support these gigabit speeds and at the same time virtualising our core network elements for flexibility and scalability for the capacity demands of this technology. We are really excited at the potential of 5G in a future of smart solutions for both consumers and businesses, and we are pleased with our progress. Maxis has always been at the forefront in introducing new technologies to Malaysia. We were the first to bring 4G and we are excited to be doing it again with 5G,”

According to Maxis, they’ve recorded download speeds of close to 3Gbps during the trial thus far. Once available, 5G is expected to provide speeds up to 10 times higher than what 4G network can do today across an array of applications such as Ultra High-Definition VR and 360 degree viewing. It will also open up new use cases in areas such as AI, robotics and drones. Some of the applications that will harness the capabilities of 5G include autonomous driving, smart manufacturing, eHealth, personal AI assistants and smart city initiatives.

5G is the next generation of mobile communications and is expected to enable greater capacity for wireless networks, greater reliability and low latency, massive connections to the Internet of Things (IoT) and enable new services across different industries.