3.5G in Malaysia, the First in South-East Asia

Filed in: Malaysia, Technology — December 14th, 2005

Maxis has became the first mobile operator in South-East Asia to have 3.5G facility. 3.5G offer download speed up to 14 Mbps and 1.8 Mbps upload speed, it is much faster than 3G’s 384 Kbps (download) / 64 Kbps (upload).

[ Source: theStar TechCentral ]

My two cents

3.5G sounds great. But how many people have using 3G before? If you check Maxis 3G coverage area, you get only few small dots in Malaysia. My hometown is not even covered by EDGE network yet. Shouldn’t Maxis consider expanding the 3G coverage area first? Note that current 3G mobile phone is not compatible to 3.5G.

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  • http://blog.forum-talk.com/ aHfUi

    how much we will pay for it -.-”
    1 MB line already RM77 …
    now is 3500MB …..
    RM77*3500= ?

  • http://blog.forum-talk.com aHfUi

    how much we will pay for it -.-”
    1 MB line already RM77 …
    now is 3500MB …..
    RM77*3500= ?

  • mypapit

    the 3.5G doesnt mean its runs 3.5GBps. The speed is only 14Mbps

  • mypapit

    the 3.5G doesnt mean its runs 3.5GBps. The speed is only 14Mbps

  • http://expletus.hafizismail.com/ hafiz

    This is a country where we live in….where everything is done without a proper planning.

  • http://expletus.hafizismail.com hafiz

    This is a country where we live in….where everything is done without a proper planning.

  • http://www.syiok.com/ 8dee

    3.5G means that is it a part of the 3G (3rd Generation Phone Technology)

  • http://www.syiok.com 8dee

    3.5G means that is it a part of the 3G (3rd Generation Phone Technology)

  • http://www.hot-screensaver.com/ Jacky

    I have not even tried EDGE :)
    I thought where there is Digi coverage, there you can use the EDGE?

  • http://www.hot-screensaver.com Jacky

    I have not even tried EDGE :)
    I thought where there is Digi coverage, there you can use the EDGE?

  • http://jeelife.com/ Jee

    lol 3.5G.. I am still using the old Nokia 8250, is it 2G or what?

  • http://jeelife.com Jee

    lol 3.5G.. I am still using the old Nokia 8250, is it 2G or what?

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