KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 -- Malaysia targets to launch 5G services by the end of 2021 through a government-driven special purpose vehicle that's called Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB). The MCMC Chairman Dr Fadhlullah Suhaimi had recently said DNB is expected to announce an open tender soon that's estimated to be worth RM15 billion.

According to The Edge's report, DNB has invited a total of eight telecommunications vendors such as Ericsson, Huawei, ZTE, Cisco, NEC, Nokia, Samsung and FiberHome to participate in the 5G infrastructure tender. The telecommunications giants are told to provide their views on building a national 5G network and to propose an end-to-end solution.

It is said that DNB has emphasised the important of local participati...