Celcom Home Fibre has launched a ‘Pasang Terus ’campaign, which gives customers in Sabah connectivity with same-day installation.
The will enable customers within selected areas of Sabah to enjoy same-day Celcom Home Fibre installations without having to wait for an appointment. The Celcom bluecube truck will be roving throughout housing areas to enable customers with an easy experience of signing up with other plans together with same-day fibre installations.
Celcom has allocated over RM200Mn for network improvements in Sabah and Sarawak this year. The network improvements in these states include 4G LTE capacity and coverage enhancements, the upgrading of Celcom’s Core Network, as well as fibre investments with Celcom Timur Sdn Bhd (CTSB).
As of the end of 2021, data utilisation across East Malaysia increased by 31% and 34% respectively, compared to the end of 2020. Under Jalinan Digital Negara (JENDELA) network improvement initiatives, Celcom is addressing the rapid data traffic growth by deploying 1,145 new 4G LTE sites, upgrading 745 existing 2G sites with 4G LTE technology, and upgrading capacities at 874 existing 4G LTE network sites throughout Sabah and Sarawak, covering major cities and rural areas.
Datuk Idham Nawawi, Chief Executive Officer of Celcom Axiata Berhad said “Customers can ‘Pasang Terus’ their selected Celcom Home Fibre™ plan and enjoy fibre connectivity on the same day, without having to wait for an appointment at another time. “With the new rollout, we target to expand and increase our 4G LTE population coverage to 85% for Sabah and 92% for Sarawak by the end of 2022.
He added the network improvements include the modernization of network services by deploying the latest end-to-end network technology such as 16T16R multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO), Carrier Aggregation, 256 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) and many more.
