Malaysian integrated communications provider Maxis Berhad (Maxis) has selected Huawei, as its supplier for its Next-Generation High-Speed Internet network, including the building and managing of a full-service FTTx network using GPON technologies.
Huawei said that this will offer Maxis subscribers fresh fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) services, which will include High Speed Internet services after its completion within the year.
An agreement was inked on 19 August in Kuala Lumpur to formalise the partnership between Maxis and Huawei.
Under the agreement, Huawei will offer an end-to-end turnkey services package that includes active and passive equipment, holistic optical distribution network designs, and construction management for the construction of Maxis’ Next-Generation High-Speed Internet network.
The company said that upon completion of the project, a network of homes in Klang Valley, Penang and Johor Bahru will be connected on a last mile basis, using fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) wired technologies.
Huawei will design and build the active network infrastructure and will also manage the FTTH network for three years.
