DiGi

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DiGi Communications Bhd
Image:Digi.jpg
Type of Company	Public (Bursa Malaysia:DiGi)
Founded	Publicly listed 2001
Headquarters	Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Key people	Morten Lundal (CEO) Arve Johansen (Chairman) Johan Dennelind (Chief Marketing Officer) Stefan Carlsson (CFO) Jon Eddy (CTO)
Industry	Telecommunication
Products	Telecommunication Services Mobile Services
Revenue	2.88 billion MYR 2005 Profit: 470 million MYR 2005
Employees	2200+
Slogan	"Always the Smarter Choice"
Website	http://www.digi.com.my

DiGi Telecommunication is a mobile phone service provider in Malaysia using the dialling codes of "016, 0146, 0143". It is owned in majority by Telenor ASA of Norway and with Berjaya Group as a minority stakeholder. On 24 May 1995 DiGi became the first celco in Malaysia to launch and operate a fully digital cellular network.

They were also the first to offer EDGE (2.75G) in Malaysia in 2005.

In 2005, DiGi held a bid on the 3G spectrum. In 2006, the MCMC (Malaysia Communications & Multimedia Commission) gave the license to other companies (TimeDotCom and MiTV), which were not mobile operators in Malaysia at time of bid. At this point of time, TimeDotCom has not launched their 3G services. MiTV will launch its 3G services under the umbrella of Mi3G brand. Mi3G looks doubtful as MiTV just retrenched 200 employees and the cable TV business is not taking off.

Because of DiGi not winning the 3G license, DiGi decided to bid on a WiMax license in July 2006, together with 13 other providers. The bidding process was then cancelled by government due to certain requirements and specifications were not included by MCMC into the bid papers. DiGi has resubmitted the bid and are now awaiting the results from the government.

As of June 2006, DiGi has the most prepaid (pre-pay) mobile phone customers in Malaysia.

In June 2006, DiGi also launched the first Malaysian branded entertainment TV program, Ejen 016 on TV3 (Malaysia) channel, cementing its reputation as one of Malaysia's most exciting telecommmunications company.

DiGi is listed on the Bursa Malaysia Stock Exchange under the Infrastructure category.

1 Products and Services
2 Top Shareholders
3 Competitors
4 External links

[edit] Products and Services

DiGi Telecommunications Sdn. Bhd. provides a variety of mobile communication services. These services include voice under their prepaid plans & postpaid plans, SMS, data plans and services, international roaming, international calling card and WAP services.

[edit] Top Shareholders

Telenor Asia Pte Ltd (Telenor subsidiary in Asia Racific region)- Owning a 61% majority controlling stake
Goldman Sachs International (Goldman Sachs)
SSBT Fund HG22 For Smallcap World Fund, Inc
Employees Provident Fund Board (Malaysian superannuation fund)

[edit] Competitors

DiGi is the smallest player in terms of market share in the Malaysian mobile communications market. It competes directly with Maxis and Celcom, which is a subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia. There are only 3 mobile communications companies in Malaysia at the moment.