CelcomDigi receives formal spectrum assignments for 2600MHz, 900MHz bands
- ID
- 41101
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 30 Oct 2026, 3:38 PM
- Fetched
- 30 Oct 2026, 4:14 PM
- Provider
- Digital News Asia
- Category
- malaysia-tech
- Original URL
- https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/business/celcomdigi-receives-formal-spectrum-assignments-2600mhz-900mhz-bands
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Summary
- Score
- 4.0
- Created
- 30 Oct 2026, 4:15 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developerssaas_founders
What happened
CelcomDigi's subsidiary CDTel received formal MCMC spectrum assignments for 2×20MHz in the 2600MHz band and 2×5MHz in the 900MHz band, valid for four and five years respectively, after paying US$94.15 million (RM381.75 million) on 15 October 2026. The award gives CelcomDigi a contiguous 2×40MHz holding in 2600MHz and improves its 900MHz position, which it says will support capacity, coverage, and capex efficiency across more than 20.3 million customers. Maxis separately accepted a 2×10MHz 2600MHz award on the same date for US$50.07 million (RM203 million), with RM84 million in cumulative annual spectrum fees over four years.
Why it matters
Most builders should not change anything immediately: this is a four-to-five-year spectrum assignment, not a new developer service or API. If your product depends on mobile connectivity, treat the contiguous 2×40MHz 2600MHz block as a capacity signal for high-demand areas and the 900MHz assignment as an indoor-coverage signal, but ask for measured coverage data before making deployment or UX assumptions.
Discussion angle
Should MCMC or operators publish granular coverage and capacity data so builders can validate mobile-dependent product assumptions, instead of relying on operator statements about improved capacity and capex efficiency?