LANGKAWI (Jan 20): Bids for the 700 MHz and 3.5 GHz spectrum bands for the roll-out of 5G will open in April, says the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).

Chairman Al-Ishsal Ishak told Bernama that companies may send their bids for the 26 GHz and 28 GHz millimetre wave bands in April.

“We will give the millimetre wave bands to non-licensees (non-telcos), for instance factories that need 5G.