under electronic arts see maxis . maxis berhad type public traded as myx 6012 industry telecommunications founded 1993 listed in 2009 headquarters maxis tower kuala lumpur malaysia area served asia excluding korea dpr and nepal south america including peru and chile key people morten lundal ceo joined 30 september 2013 revenue 8.2 billion myr 2014 1 net income 1.638 billion myr 2014 2 number of employees 2 901 2014 parent usaha tegas website www.maxis.com.my maxis berhad is a communications service provider in malaysia . headquartered in kuala lumpur malaysia providing a variety of communication products applications and value added services for consumers large enterprises and small & medium business owners . maxis launched malaysia s first 4g lte network on 1 january 2013 . maxis high speed internet footprint is one of the largest in malaysia and were the first telco to roll out lte advanced technology which offers speeds up to 225 mbit s and bring the iphone blackberry and the samsung galaxy line of smartphones to the malaysian market . through their partnership with astro maxis now offers fibre internet packages bundled with entertainment made available to customers at home and on mobile devices . they provide multi channel customer service ; customers are able to reach maxis service representatives via telephone web and social media platforms . maxis call centre was awarded the best of the best honour at the 2012 customer relationship management and contact centre ccam annual awards being the only service provider that awards scholarships to children of their own postpaid customers . maxis uses the dialling prefixes of 012 017 014 2 and 011 2 . the majority of the company s stake is owned by billionaire ananda krishnan and the company has about 11.6 million subscribers as of the fourth quarter of 2015 . 3 contents 1 coverage products and services 1.1 maxis fasttap 1.2 maxis ebooks 1.3 subscribers 2 corporate history 3 majority stakeholders 4 see also 5 references 6 external links coverage products and services edit as of december 2015 maxis has 2g coverage of 96 % on populated areas 3g at 92 % 4g lte at 80 % measured at a minimum 98dbm 4 2g & 3g network modernisation at 88 % . maxis claims that its 4g lte network offers an average speed of 20mbit s outdoor and 10mbit s indoor however no 3rd party reference were provided . maxis provides a variety of mobile communication products and services . they offer prepaid data plans postpaid data plans call and sms plans devices fixed wireless internet wireless broadband fibre internet home voice service international roaming mms wap over both gsm and gprs and residential fixed line services . for business customers maxis offer cloud computing data storage machine to machine services fixed high speed internet vsat services satellite based communications call conferencing and a variety of mobile plans . maxis also provides mylaunchpad as it s one stop portal serving content and services such as sports movies entertainment music & gaming . maxis most popular service is its prepaid brand hotlink which serves averagely 8.520 million customers as of the fourth quarter of 2015 . there are several high profile celebrities who have signed on as spokespersons for maxis including siti nurhaliza the malaysian reality television show akademi fantasia s contestants along with jessy wong the diva and arthur the brave and fluffy maxis was the first company to launch lte services in malaysia on 1 january 2013 starting in the klang valley region . maxis operates 2g gsm gprs edge 3g wcdma hspa dc hspa 4g lte networks . 5 6 frequencies used on maxis network in malaysia frequency frequency width protocol notes 900 mhz 905 915 950 960 20 mhz gsm umts 1800 mhz 1710 1735 1805 1830 2 25 mhz gsm lte 2x10 for lte 2100 mhz 1935 1950 2125 2140 2 15 mhz umts hspa 2600 mhz 2510 2520 2630 2640 2 10 mhz lte 2600 mhz 2500 2510 2620 2630 2 10 mhz lte spectrum sharing with redtone maxis fasttap edit maxis is also the pioneer of malaysia s first nfc near field communication service called fasttap . it integrates touch n go visa wave from maybank 7 and other banks . maxis ebooks edit maxis introduced its malaysia s 3rd e book service called maxis ebooks or maxis ebuuk in its official website and app . the first was esentral followed by mph digital . 8 it was launched on 16 april 2012 and in launch more than three hundred thousand books were made available in the e book store the web an ipad application or through an android tablet running honeycomb or newer . 9 10 subscribers edit as of second quarter of 2016 maxis is the third largest mobile telecommunications company in malaysia . there are 11.015 million revenue generating subscribers rgs down from 11.164 million in q1 2016 8.108 million prepaid rgs down from 8.196 million in q1 2016 2.660 million postpaid rgs down from 2.696 million in q1 2016 247 000 wireless broadband down from 272 000 in q1 2016 there are now 1292k maxisone plan subscribers with a stable apru of about myr143 month . there were some 8.5 million mobile internet users in q1 2016 down from 9 million in 4q 2015 . smartphone users in the network include 77 % of postpaid accounts and 67 % prepaid . there are 3.5 million 4g lte devices in the network . it postpaid users consume an average 1.93 gb a month while prepaid subscribers consume an average 1.55 gb a month . there are 272k revenue generating wireless broadband subscribers in q1 2016 compared to 294k subscribers in q4 2015 . the arpu of postpaid users in the quarter was myr102 while it was lower for prepaid hotlink at myr38 down from rm39 in q1 2016 . home connection fibre was the only service with more subscribers at 126k in q1 2016 versus 118k in q4 2015 . corporate history edit on october 19 1999 maxis introduced the popular prepaid brand hotlink . in 2002 maxis acquired timecel a rival mobile service provider from timedotcom berhad . prior to the purchase maxis offered prefix number beginning with 012 and timecel 017 . on 27 april 2007 an offer was made to buy out maxis and privatise the company in preparation for expansions into the indonesian indian mexican and ecuadorian markets . the deal was offered by ananda krishnan who pledged maxis rm17 .46 billion us 5.1 billion and 4.25 billion in exchange for all remaining shares of the company . the offer is to be formally made by usaha tegas a company owned by krishnan on 3 may 2007 while the kuala lumpur stock exchange suspends trading of the company s shares until 3 may . 11 12 13 14 under the urging of prime minister datuk seri najib tun razak maxis announce that it will re list the company in bursa malaysia on 11 november 2009 . the initial public offering which constitute 30 % of the company and involve its malaysian operations will raise at least myr 11.7 billion . 15 on september 2013 maxis prepaid hotlink launched it s hotlink plan which is basically the first telecommunications company to offer free internet services on cellular networks hotlink calling it free basic internet which offers download speeds up to 64kbit s and which the management says is enough for checking facebook twitter and wikipedia on mobile optimised sites and also essentially eliminating data overage charges which as previously implemented at myr 0.10 10kb . 16 majority stakeholders edit maxis communications is part of ananda krishnan s business empire . in 1996 the company launched malaysia s first three satellites ; measat 1 2 and 3 . the fourth satellite measat 1r was damaged during transport to the launch site and is currently under reconstruction . saudi telecom company bought a 25 % stake of maxis . see also edit maxis tower aircel references edit http maxis.my ar2014 overview.html performed 1 http www.bursamarketplace.com index.php ch ch themarket & pg pg tm stocksss & ac 2509 http www.malaysianwireless.com 2016 02 maxis lost 377k subscribers in 4q15 lower mobile internet users maxis q2 net profit up 9 % to rm483 million . retrieved 21 july 2016 . http new.maxis.com.my content dam maxis en about maxis investors financial results pdf 4th quarter 2013 4th quarter 2013 financial results.pdf http www.skmm.gov.my spectrum spectrum allocation list spectrum allocation mobile services.aspx soyacincau 19 april 2009 . maxis introduces fasttap nfc service . retrieved 19 april 2009 . liau yun qing 13 april 2012 . m sian operator launches online bookstore . zdnet . retrieved 16 april 2012 . time to turn to ebooks . the star . 16 april 2012 . retrieved 16 april 2012 . official website of maxis ebuuk e ling liaw 30 april 2007 . malaysia s maxis receives takeover bid from parent . the wall street journal . retrieved 30 april 2007 . cara daftar paket internet smartfren terbaru 2014 . cekkuota . 5 february 2014 . retrieved 5 february 2014 . azman syed 30 april 2007 . update 5 malaysian tycoon to buy out telco maxis . reuters . retrieved 30 april 2007 . announcement cara daftar paket internet simpati loop 12gb february 2014 . info cek kuota internet . 5 april 2014 . retrieved 5 february 2014 . maxis to raise rm11 .7 bil via ipo . the star . 29 october 2009 . http www.lowyat.net 2013 09 hotlink introduces new hotlink that comes with free unlimited mobile data removes pay per use charges external links edit official website v t e mobile phone companies of malaysia mobile operators celcom digi maxis u mobile mobile virtual network operator altel redone tron tune talk xox i tel prabhu mobile merchantrade 7 eleven speak out wireless mobile wimax operators packet one networks yes 4g v t e telecommunications in malaysia pstn operators jaring maxis tm time dotcom mobile network operators altel celcom digi maxis u mobile p1 tron redone yes 4g v t e members of the bridge alliance airtel india airtel africa airtel bangladesh airtel sri lanka ais csl ctm globe maxis mobifone optus singtel sk telecom softbank mobile stc taiwan mobile telkomcel telkomsel viva viva v t e fbmklci companies of malaysia 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