{{Short description|Malaysian Telecommunications Company}} {{multiple issues| {{Promotional|date=April 2015}} {{Copy edit|date=January 2025}} }} {{Use British English|date=February 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox company | name = Unifi Mobile | logo = 200px|Unifi Mobile logo as of 2023 | type = Private limited company | industry = Telecommunications | founder = Puan Chan Cheong | products = Telecommunications service<br />Internet services | brands = Unifi | owner = Telekom Malaysia Berhad | num_employees = 600+ (2014){{citation needed|date=September 2022}} | parent = {{plainlist| * MIB Comm Sdn Bhd (2002–2006) * Packet One Networks (M) Sdn Bhd (2006–2016) * Webe Digital Sdn. Bhd. (2016–2022) * TM Technology Services Sdn. Bhd. (2023–presents) }} | foundation = {{Start date and age|2002|2|11|df=y}} | website = {{URL|https://www.unifi.com.my/mobile|Official Website}} }}
'''Unifi Mobile''' is a Malaysian internet service provider and the country's sixth mobile network operator. Originally known as '''Packet One Networks''' ('''P1'''), the company was founded on 11 February 2002 and is currently a subsidiary of the national telephone company, Telekom Malaysia Berhad.
==Overview== Unifi Mobile operates 4G WiMAX, 4G LTE, and 4G LTE-A networks and provides domestic roaming with 4G Maxis and 2G EDGE networks.
In March 2007, P1 was one of four companies awarded 2.3 GHz spectrum licences by the Malaysian government to deploy 4G WiMAX services throughout Malaysia. In August 2008, it became the first company to launch commercial WiMAX services in Malaysia.<ref>{{cite web|title=TM succeeds in acquiring P1 stake|url=http://themalaysianreserve.com/main/news/corporate-malaysia/5637-m-succeeds-in-acquiring-p1-stake|publisher=The Malaysian Reserve|access-date=16 March 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402112554/http://themalaysianreserve.com/main/news/corporate-malaysia/5637-m-succeeds-in-acquiring-p1-stake|url-status=live}}</ref>
In March 2014, Telekom Malaysia (TM) bought a 57% stake in P1 for RM 350 million and planned to invest RM 1 billion over the next four years.
In April 2016, the company was officially rebranded as ''Webe Digital Sdn. Bhd.'' May 2017 saw the announcement of the company's latest CEO, Moharmustaqeem Mohammed, replacing Azizi A. Hady.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.soyacincau.com/2017/05/09/tm-appoints-new-webe-ceo/|title=TM appoints new webe CEO {{!}} SoyaCincau.com|access-date=2017-05-16|archive-date=15 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515175001/http://www.soyacincau.com/2017/05/09/tm-appoints-new-webe-ceo/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In January 2018, TM relaunched its mobile service under the brand ''Unifi Mobile''. Unifi Mobile is a prepaid and postpaid plan operating on an annual contract. The Unifi Mobile LTE network consists of 850 MHz FDD-LTE (Band 5), 2300 MHz TD-LTE (Band 40), and TD-LTE 2600 MHz (Band 38). Unifi Mobile utilizes its MgO 850 MHz LTE band 5 spectrum (reformed from CDMA 850 MHz), and Celcom provided domestic roaming on 4G and 2G until June 2023.
On 1 October 2022, Jasmine Lee Sze Inn was appointed the new Executive Vice President of Mobile at Telekom Malaysia Bhd and CEO of Webe, the mobile division of TM.
On 14 December 2022, Telekom Malaysia Bhd announced the reorganisation and renaming of Webe Digital Sdn Bhd to TM Technology Services Sdn Bhd, which later took place on 1 March 2023.
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+Frequencies used on Unifi Mobile Network in Malaysia |- ! Band !! Frequency !! Frequency width !! Protocol !! Notes |- | 5 || 850 MHz (824~834, 869~879)|| 2 * 10 MHz ||LTE |until December 2027 |-
| 40 || 2300 MHz (2360~2390)|| 30 MHz ||LTE/WiMAX | 20 + 10 MHz Carrier aggregation (CA) |-
| 38 || 2600 MHz (2575~2595)|| 20 MHz ||LTE | until June 2027 |}
* Used Celcom 2.6 GHz (Band 7) for some in-building coverage from 2016 to 2023. Unifi started to use Maxis approximately 6,800 sites for 4G Multi Operator Core Network (MOCN) domestic roaming from mid 2023. * Used Celcom 2G network from 2016 to 2023. Unifi started to use Maxis 10,000 sites for 2G Multi Operator Core Network (MOCN) domestic roaming from mid 2023.
==Milestones== * Alcatel-Lucent<ref>{{cite web|title=Alcatel-Lucent gains P1 WiMAX deal|url=http://www.wimaxday.net/site/2008/01/29/alcatel-lucent-gains-p1-wimax-deal/|website=wimaxday.net|access-date=29 January 2008|archive-date=1 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201024259/http://www.wimaxday.net/site/2008/01/29/alcatel-lucent-gains-p1-wimax-deal/|url-status=live}}</ref> – January 2008 * Intel Corporation<ref>{{cite web|title=WiMAX Global Providers|url=http://www.intel.com/technology/wimax/providers.htm?iid=tech_wimax+body_providers|website=intel.com|access-date=12 May 2008|archive-date=29 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129141125/http://www.intel.com/technology/wimax/providers.htm?iid=tech_wimax+body_providers|url-status=live}}</ref> – May 2008 * Oracle Corporation<ref>{{cite web|title=Malaysia's First WiMAX License Holder, Packet One Networks, Enhances WiMAX Launch Readiness |url=http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/2008_may/packetone.html|website=oracle.com|access-date=15 May 2008}}</ref> – May 2008 * EMC Corporation – June 2008 * Fiberail – June 2008 * ZTE China<ref>{{cite web |title=P1 Awards USD28m WiMAX Contract To ZTE |url=http://www.p1.com.my/PressReleases/Data/P1~AWARDS~USD28M~WIMAX~CONTRACT~TO~ZTE.pdf |website=p1.com |access-date=24 March 2009 |archive-date=22 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722232014/http://www.p1.com.my/PressReleases/Data/P1~AWARDS~USD28M~WIMAX~CONTRACT~TO~ZTE.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> – March 2009 * SK Telecom announced a strategic alliance with P1, in which SK Telecom acquired approximately 25% stake in P1<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/6/30/business/6575149&sec=business|title=Malaysia Business & Finance News, Stock Updates | the Star|access-date=23 September 2010|archive-date=3 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603124744/http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/6/30/business/6575149&sec=business|url-status=live}}</ref> – June 2010 * Qualcomm<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lte-tdd.org/newsdetail/241 |title=News Qualcomm and P1 signs MOU on LTE_GTI |access-date=2012-05-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120903224549/http://www.lte-tdd.org/newsdetail/241 |archive-date=3 September 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> – June 2011 * China Mobile<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theedgemalaysia.com/highlights/188898-green-packet-upbeat-on-china-mobile-partnership.html |title=Green Packet upbeat on China Mobile partnership |access-date=2012-05-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704113800/http://www.theedgemalaysia.com/highlights/188898-green-packet-upbeat-on-china-mobile-partnership.html |archive-date=4 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> – June 2011 * Telekom Malaysia<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.telecoms.com/34957/p1-signs-high-speed-broadband-deal-with-telekom-malaysia/|title=P1 signs high-speed broadband deal with Telekom Malaysia|access-date=23 May 2012|archive-date=27 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427135755/http://www.telecoms.com/34957/p1-signs-high-speed-broadband-deal-with-telekom-malaysia/|url-status=live}}</ref> – Oct 2011 * Celcom – January 2016 * Celcom – March 2019 * Maxis – June 2023 * Packet One was discontinued as a company after Telekom Malaysia's purchase. Its W1MAX product offering still exists, though it now focuses on LTE as web.
==Prefix and Subscriber Numbers== Assigned by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission:<ref>{{cite web |title=PUBLIC CELLULAR NUMBERS : MOBILE CELLULAR (3+7) |url=https://www.mcmc.gov.my/skmmgovmy/media/General/pdf/Mobile-Cellular-3-7_Edited.pdf |publisher=Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission |accessdate=1 August 2012 |archive-date=16 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816114237/https://www.mcmc.gov.my/skmmgovmy/media/General/pdf/Mobile-Cellular-3-7_Edited.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MOBILE NUMBERS (3 + 8) |url=https://www.mcmc.gov.my/skmmgovmy/media/General/pdf/Mobile-Numbers-(3-8)-2017.pdf |publisher=Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission |accessdate=1 April 2017 |archive-date=16 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816114238/https://www.mcmc.gov.my/skmmgovmy/media/General/pdf/Mobile-Numbers-(3-8)-2017.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> * Prefix: 10 | Subscriber numbers: 350 0000 - 359 9999 * Prefix: 10 | Subscriber numbers: 440 0000 - 459 9999 * Prefix: 10 | Subscriber numbers: 550 0000 - 559 9999 * Prefix: 10 | Subscriber numbers: 650 0000 - 659 9999 * Prefix: 11 | Subscriber numbers: 1000 0000 - 1049 9999 * Prefix: 11 | Subscriber numbers: 1800 0000 - 1849 9999
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{Official website}}
{{Malaysia mobile phone companies}} {{Telecommunications in Malaysia}}
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