Celcom Axiata Berhad and Allo Technology Sdn. Bhd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tenaga Nasional Berhad has entered into a partnership to explore on execution and fulfilment of telco-related services, focusing on fiberisation, network resiliency, connectivity, information, and communications technology (ICT), internet of things (IoT), 5G and smart solutions.
The collaboration will enable a faster fibre infrastructure rollout by Allo and facilitating the rapid deployment of high-speed broadband in targeted industrial areas, network base stations and fiberisation of Celcom-selected sites. The partnership will also seek to accelerate the development of smart cities.
On the new partnership, TNB President and Chief Executive Officer, Dato’ Indera Ir. Baharin Din said, “By leveraging on over 25,000km of TNB’s fibre optic infrastructure, Allo has peninsula-wide coverage to support the rapid and cost-effective deployment of high-speed broadband connectivity services.”
Celcom CEO Datuk Idham Nawawi, Chief Executive Officer added “Celcom and Allo’s strategic partnership will leverage on the strengths of both organisations towards the acceleration of digitalisation across Malaysian Homes and Enterprises as well as to significantly boost network operational efficiency.
“The opportunity to provide high quality and affordable fibre connectivity to homes across the nation is immense, and through this partnership, both parties can play a much larger role and make significant impacts towards digitising Malaysian societies. The strength of Celcom with the widest mobile network and the potential reach of Allo’s fibre via TNB’s infrastructure opens this partnership to a world of new opportunities,” Idham said.
The collaboration will also enable efforts from Allo and Celcom to drive connectivity and digitalisation across industries with technology solutions and services such as ICT Cybersecurity solutions, Cloud, Data Centres and Managed Services, as well as IoT smart city solutions. Allo operates on a robust and highly-resilient backbone infrastructure via Allo Carrier Network System (ACNS) for uncompromised service uptime that delivers exceptional availability, speed, and reliability, and is built for high-performance solutions.
