article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message celcom axiata berhad industry mobile telecommunication services founded 1988 headquarters celcom axiata tower 82 jalan raja muda abdul aziz 53100 kuala lumpur malaysia key people datuk seri shazzalli ramly ceo until 1 september 2016 michael kuehner ceo beginning 1 september 2016 services 2g 3g 4g and satellite mobile network owner axiata group berhad website www.celcom.com.my celcom axiata berhad dba celcom is the oldest mobile telecommunications provider in malaysia . celcom is a member of the axiata group of companies . being one of the very few companies in malaysia to originally obtain a cellular phone license it successfully introduced mobile telephony in malaysia through its art 900 automatic radio telephone service using first generation analogue etacs extended total access communication system specifications of the united kingdom a derivative of the us amps advanced mobile phone system technology . the etacs art 900 was started using the prefix 010 . celcom now uses the dialling prefix identifier of 013 and 019 and offer digital gsm groupe speciale mobile an originally european standard now largely a world standard for mobile communications . the original frequency band for gsm is 900 mhz and was soon extended to 1800 mhz to cater for a much wider bandwidth requirements . the 2100 mhz band is used for their dual channel hspa network . celcom is also licensed and has been operating fdd lte on 1800 mhz and 2600 mhz . through the mobile numbering portability by the malaysian communications and multimedia commission celcom also provides virtual mobile operator services . celcom also provides rural communications services using cdma technology and satellite phone . contents 1 history 2 coverage products and services 2.1 celcom broadband 2.2 kolony 2.3 magic sim 3 current developments 3.1 demerger from telekom malaysia 3.2 subscribers 4 references 5 external links history edit celcom started its operation as stm cellular communications in 1988 with fleet group and telekom malaysia as shareholders . subsequently telekom malaysia sold its 51 % shareholding to the tri group which was controlled by tajudin ramli . fleet group s share was transferred to the time engineering group which was later sold to tri . in the initial years celcom experienced a tremendous growth in subscriber base and network coverage under the stewardship of rosli man the president of the company . it was during his tenure that celcom turned into the leading cellular companies in malaysia . man left celcom in 1996 . when the cellular phone market was opened up in 1995 celcom upgraded to the gsm900 service and quickly grew to become the largest mobile phone company in malaysia . competition soon set in and several digital mobile carriers competed for market dominance of the cellular phone industry . during the 1997 asian financial crisis celcom s owner tan sri tajudin ramli suffered a debt crunch and his shareholding in celcom was seized by danaharta the national asset restructuring company . failure to resolve his debts resulted in the controlling stake in celcom being sold to telekom malaysia the government owned incumbent fixed line operator in 2003 . telekom malaysia proceeded to merge celcom with its own mobile operator subsidiary tmtouch through a reverse takeover of tmtouch . celcom was originally listed on the bursa malaysia but after the merger with telekom malaysia berhad it has since remained private . owing to the inferior management of its former management celcom was found liable by an arbitration panel in switzerland for infringing an agreement signed with deutsche telekom ag s unit deteasia in 2002 . the tribunal ruled that celcom was liable to pay deteasia us 177.2 million in principal plus us 16.2 million in interest as well as other legal and arbitration costs . the total sum was about rm740 million leaving telekom malaysia to intensify its efforts at recovering monies from celcom s previous owners . coverage products and services edit celcom has the widest and most extensive coverage nationwide in malaysia compared to other cellular operators . in 2015 celcom claims its dual band gsm 900 1800 mhz coverage has reached over 97 % of malaysia s populated area and 100 % through satellite coverage . celcom has an 86 % nationwide mobile service coverage with 3g availability expanding from klang valley johor bahru melaka kulim and penang . as of 2015 celcom has 3500 4g lte sites in the country . the telco aims to offer up to 80 % human population coverage by the end of 2016 and 95 % of 4g lte coverage by 2020 . 1 celcom offers 2g 3g 4g lte services on its postpaid and xpax prepaid brands . on 28 june 2000 celcom launched gsm wap on 2g gprs at 170 kbit . 2 on 15 may 2005 celcom launched the first 3g service in malaysia covering most major towns where there is a telekom malaysia telephone exchange and either hsdpa or edge services within 15 mile 24 km radius gsm umts maximum allowed range with gprs as basic data coverage . in 2013 the 4th generation standard of fdd lte was deployed gradually nationwide . the initial license is only on the 2 600 mhz band . in second quarter its 1 800 mhz band has been refarmed to cater for both 2g and 4g . in april 2016 the celcom ceo told malaysianwireless that both ericsson and huawei would build the celcom 4g network in klang valley from 2016 till 2020 . as for other states ericsson would build the 4g network in sabah & sarawak kelantan terengganu and pahang . huawei would focus in penang perlis perak and johor . 3 celcom operates 2g gsm gprs edge 3g wcdma hspa 4g lte networks . 4 frequencies used on celcom network in malaysia frequency frequency width protocol notes 900 mhz 890 905 936 950 30 mhz gsm umts 1800 mhz 1735 1760 1830 1855 50 mhz gsm lte 2100 mhz 1950 1965 2140 2155 2 15 mhz umts hspa 2600 mhz 2530 2540 2650 2660 2 10 mhz lte 2600 mhz 2 10 mhz lte spectrum sharing with altel altel own 2 20 mhz but only share 2 10 mhz with celcom celcom broadband edit celcom broadband is malaysia s most popular mobile broadband provider with 1.534 million subscribers as of the first quarter of 2015 . the broadband network cover 86 % of malaysia s populated areas . celcom broadband was awarded the prestigious frost & sullivan s mobile broadband provider for two years . 5 kolony edit kolony launched by celcom on 8 april 2011 was the first ever sms based social networking service in malaysia . 6 kolony targeted malaysian youths and those that wanted to be connected to their family and friends frequently by using their mobile phone . 7 it ran on the regular sms based platform allowing users to participate in social networking activities using the most basic mobile phones with or without a 3g connection . 8 it is a service consisting of a multi user environment including software and websites . after only a few weeks of its launch kolony recorded a total of 1.5 million subscribers . 9 10 magic sim edit on 4 june 2015 celcom launched its latest xpax limited edition simcard package the magic sim . a rm5 xpax magic sim starter pack comes with free basic internet free 200 mb of high speed internet and 20 free minutes free calls and sms or sms to celcom numbers . 11 current developments edit celcom is the malaysian partner of the vodafone mobile community . celcom s current ceo dato seri mohammed shazalli ramly has been with celcom since 2005 . ramly s contract expired in 2007 and had been renewed for several times since . demerger from telekom malaysia edit on 28 september 2007 telekom malaysia announced a revamp of its mobile communication units which include celcom . the revamp plan was to group celcom under tm international which houses other tm regional mobile units and define it as a separate business entity . the restructuring exercise was completed by q1 2008 and the new business unit listed on the kuala lumpur stock exchange by q2 2008 . tm international has been renamed as axiata as part of a telecom consortium in southeast asia . its stock exchange code is axiata . subscribers edit as of the fourth quarter of 2015 celcom is the largest mobile telecommunications company in malaysia with 12.25 million subscribers 9.447 million prepaid subscribers and 2.803 million postpaid users . 12 celcom market share declined by 1.2 percentage points to 32.2 % in 2015 from 33.2 % in 2014 . 13 in that quarter celcom s arpu for postpaid was myr85 and prepaid arpu stood at myr31 blended arpu was myr42 . smartphone penetration was 59 % . 12 references edit celcom axiata ties up with ericsson and huawei to upgrade lte network . celcom unveils most comprehensive wap service . ericsson & huawei are the new celcom 4g lte network partners lte a deployment by 31st october . mobile services . celcom doubled industry growth in all key areas . retrieved 26 march 2011 . record quarter for celcom the malay mail xpax kolony marketing celcom releases kolony infestation akeeba backup installer 3.6.12 . adoimagazine.com . retrieved on 18 september 2013 . celcom axiata s xpax unveils magic sim . retrieved 4 june 2015 . a b revenue at all time high for axiata in 2015 . retrieved 21 february 2016 . slugfest how malaysia s big 3 performed in 2015 . retrieved april 22 2016 . 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 axiata group group structure as at 12 april 2016 wholly 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