Maxis Telecomunications
In Malaysia, there are only three giants in the telecommunication industry and among those three, Maxis shine the brightest among them because of its speed and capability in the cellular network. On top of that, Maxis is the number one choice when it comes to cellular network among phone user all over Malaysia. Their missions are “Today Malaysia’s leading mobile communications service provider” “Tomorrow the nation’s premier integrated communications service provider”. The vision are to bring the future to our customers’ lives and business, in a manner that is simple, personalized and enriching, by efficiently and creatively harnessing leading-edge technology and delivering a brand of service experience that is reliable and enchanting. With the support of these value “simple” “creative” “trustworthy” and “brave”
Maxis Communications Berhad was started in the year 1993 where the co-founder Mr. Ananda Krishnan comes out with this idea to build the most reliable telecommunications company in Malaysia which are based in the heart of Kuala Lumpur next to its mercury The Petronas Twin Tower. On 1999 they launched the most successful prepaid brand “Hotlink” which currently has 10 million customers. In 2002, they purchased a rival service provider which called timecell owned by Timedotcom berhad. it uses the dialing pref ix identifier of ‘012’ ‘017’ and ‘0142’. On December 2010, the company has a total subscriber of 13.95 million and the company primary operates across Asia-pacific. On April 2007 an offer was made to Maxis in order to expend the company to the Indonesian and Indian market by Usaha Tegas which also owned by the co-founder of Maxis itself. They also was listed in the main market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad in November 2009
Maxis was the first one to launched 3G network across Malaysia while they claim they have the widest network 3G/3.5/HSPA coverage that covers 80% of the populated area. On top of that, Maxis also was the first
Maxis Communications Berhad was started in the year 1993 where the co-founder Mr. Ananda Krishnan comes out with this idea to build the most reliable telecommunications company in Malaysia which are based in the heart of Kuala Lumpur next to its mercury The Petronas Twin Tower. On 1999 they launched the most successful prepaid brand “Hotlink” which currently has 10 million customers. In 2002, they purchased a rival service provider which called timecell owned by Timedotcom berhad. it uses the dialing pref ix identifier of ‘012’ ‘017’ and ‘0142’. On December 2010, the company has a total subscriber of 13.95 million and the company primary operates across Asia-pacific. On April 2007 an offer was made to Maxis in order to expend the company to the Indonesian and Indian market by Usaha Tegas which also owned by the co-founder of Maxis itself. They also was listed in the main market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad in November 2009
Maxis was the first one to launched 3G network across Malaysia while they claim they have the widest network 3G/3.5/HSPA coverage that covers 80% of the populated area. On top of that, Maxis also was the first
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