Packet One Networks

Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
Private
Industry Telecommunications
Founded 11 February 2002
Headquarters 159, Jalan Templer,
Packet Hub, Section 8,
46050 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Key people
 Puan Chan Cheong (CEO/Managing Director)
Tan Sri Zamzamzairani Mohd Isa (Chairman)
Nora Junita Dato’ Seri Mohd Hussaini (CFCAO)
vacant (CHCO)
Azizi Abdul Hadi (COO)
Kelvin Lee Tsuan Chin (CSSO)
Tony Ha Min Yong (CBDO)
Shim Sang Soo (CTO)
Ti Lian Seng (CIO)
Lai Shu Wei (CMO)
Michael Parker (PMO)
Products 4G WiMAX Wireless broadband
Fixed Voice
Fiber
SIP Trunking service
Wireless Internet Leased Line
NextSMS
Number of employees
 600+ (2014)
Parent Telekom Malaysia
Slogan "Broadband For ALL"
Website www.p1.com.my

Packet One Networks (P1) is a Malaysian converged telecommunications, broadband and 4G 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 4G WiMAX services throughout Malaysia. In August 2008, P1 became the first company to launch commercial WiMAX services in Malaysia.[1]

In March 2014, Telekom Malaysia (TM) Berhad bought 57% stake in P1 for RM 350 million.[2] TM is to invest RM 1 billion in P1 over the next four years.

Milestones

Products and services

WiMAX

P1 W1MAX

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:

WIGGY

P1 W1MAX's On-the-Go Portable Modem is called WIGGY [12]

P1 W1MAX offers three packages:

The WIGGY is also available in prepaid.

Initially, the WIGGY was advertised to offer speeds of up to 10Mbit/s. 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 10Mbit/s speed.

WiMAX for Embedded Devices

P1 W1MAX also offers WiMAX subscription for Intel powered Netbook and Notebooks that are WiMAX ready.

Awards and Accolade

4G WiMAX Network

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 1Gbit/s for tabletop transceivers and 100Mbit/s for mobile transceivers. However, P1 isn't alone in this misleading marketing gimmick, two other WiMAX-based ISPs, Yes 4G and Asiaspace Dotcom AMAX, 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 recognised 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, there have yet to be a WiMAX company upgrade to 'true 4G' version at this point of time. Aside from Digi Telecommunications aims to be the first to roll out LTE network by 2013.

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