| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Convergence of Telecommunications |
| Founded | February 11, 2002 |
| Headquarters | 159, Jalan Templer, Section 8, 46050 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia |
| Key people | Puan Chan Cheong (Group Managing Director) Michael Lai (CEO) Mohamad Idham Bin Nawawi (COO) |
| Products |
Wimax broadband services |
| Employees | 800+ (2010) |
| Parent | Green Packet Bhd |
| Website | http://www.p1.com.my |
Packet One Networks (P1) is a Malaysian converged telecommunications, broadband and Wimax service provider. The company was founded in 2002 and is a subsidiary of Green Packet Berhad. In March 2007, P1 was one of four companies awarded 2.3 GHz spectrum licenses by the Malaysian Government to deploy WiMAX services throughout Malaysia. In August 2008, P1 became the first company to launch commercial WiMAX services in Malaysia.
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Formed strategic alliances to deliver WiMAX services with:
Appointed by Sunway Group as their preferred technology partner for broadband connectivity and communications requirements. P1 was tasked with deploying the Wireless at Sunway[7] project in Bandar Sunway.
P1 W1MAX is presently a fixed portable broadband service that runs on the 2.3 GHz WiMAX spectrum and 802.16e 2005 standard, which is known as Mobile WiMAX. It enables wireless broadband access up to 30 miles (50 km) from the base station.
P1 W1MAX offers three type of modems:
P1 W1MAX's On-the-Go Portable Modem is called WIGGY [9]
P1 W1MAX offers three packages:
The WIGGY is also available in prepaid.
Initially, the WIGGY was advertised to offer speeds of up to 10Mbps. At the time the package was offered, it was the fastest wireless package offered in Malaysia. However this package was quickly pulled when the company received backlash after many of the subscribers found that they were unable to achieve the 10Mbps speed.
P1 W1MAX also offers WiMAX subscription for Intel powered Netbook and Notebooks that are WiMAX ready.
P1 occasionally advertises its network as a '4G' network. However, this is primarily a marketing gimmick because at the time of writing, WiMAX does not meet the ITU's specification of 4G which requires attaining a download speed of 1Gbps for tabletop transceivers and 100Mbps for mobile transceivers. However, P1 isn't alone in this misleading marketing gimmick, two other WiMAX-based ISPs also market the technology as 4G.
The fact that the upcoming WiMAX Release 2 aka IEEE 802.16m specification does adhere to the 4G specifications and is officially recognized by the ITU as a 4G system only further adds to the confusion.
For that matter, no current LTE network meets the ITU requirements for IMT-Advanced networks. The new LTE-Advanced 3GPP rel 9 and WiMAX 2 IEEE 802.16m systems have yet to be commercially deployed. However, most WiMAX and LTE networks should be upgradable to the 'true 4G' versions.
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