Maxis Communications
Maxis Communications or Maxis Berhad is a communications service provider in Malaysia. Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, providing a variety of communication products, applications and value added services for consumers, large enterprises and small & medium business owners.
Maxis uses the dialing prefixes of "011 12000000 through 12499999", "012", "014-2", and "017". The majority of the company's stake is owned by billionaire Ananda Krishnan.
Coverage, Products and Services
As of 2016, Maxis has a 100% 4G population coverage with minimum signal strength of -110dBm in Klang Valley, Penang and Johor Bahru; 95% 4G population coverage with minimum signal strength of -110dBm across all state capitals; 88% 4G population coverage with minimum signal strength of -110dBm nationwide.In July 2018, Maxis claimed that its 4G LTE network covered 92% of the human population in the country.
There are several high-profile celebrities who have signed on as spokespersons for Maxis, including Siti Nurhaliza, the Malaysian reality television show Akademi Fantasia's contestants, along with Jessy Wong The Diva and Arthur the Brave and Fluffy. Maxis was the first company to launch LTE services in Malaysia on 1 January 2013, starting in the Klang Valley region.
Maxis operates 2G GSM/GPRS/EDGE, 3G WCDMA/HSPA+/DC-HSPA, 4G LTE networks.
| Band | Frequency | Frequency width | Protocol | Notes |
| 8 | 900 MHz | 2 * 10 MHz | GSM/HSPA+/LTE | |
| 3 | 1800 MHz | 2 * 20 MHz | LTE | |
| 1 | 2100 MHz 2100 MHz | 2 * 15 MHz 5 MHz | UMTS/HSPA+/LTE | 2x10MHz/2x15MHz on LTE |
| 7 | 2600 MHz | 2 * 10 MHz | LTE | |
| 7 | 2600 MHz | 2 * 10 MHz | LTE | Spectrum sharing with Redtone |
Maxis Fast Tap
Maxis also has Malaysia's first NFC service called FastTap. It integrates Touch 'n Go, Visa Wave from Maybank and other banks.Maxis eBooks
Maxis introduced its Malaysia's 3rd e-book service called Maxis ebooks. The first was eSentral followed by . It was launched on 16 April 2012 and in launch, more than three hundred thousand books were made available in the e-book store, the web, an iPad application or through an Android tablet running Honeycomb or newer.Maxis Fibre Broadband
Officially launch on 31 March 2011, Maxis offers high speed broadband for home and business users. Maxis fibre broadband plan for home users is called MaxisONE Home Fibre, as for businesses it is known as MaxisONE Business Fibre. The new home and business plans offer speeds of up to 800Mbps. Additionally, the fixed IP is only available for MaxisONE Business Fibre plans.Subscribers
As of second quarter of 2018, there were 9.863 million revenue generating subscribers, 6.747 million prepaid RGS, 2.97 million postpaid RGS.Smartphone users in the network include 87% of postpaid accounts and 81% prepaid. Its postpaid subscribers consume an average 11.2 GB a month, while prepaid users consume an average 8.2 GB a month. It has 5.2 million 4G LTE devices in the network.
Corporate History
On 19 October 1999, Maxis introduced the prepaid brand "Hotlink".In 2002, Maxis acquired TimeCel, a rival mobile service provider, from TimedotCom Berhad. Prior to the purchase, Maxis offered prefix number beginning with 012, and TimeCel 017.
On 27 April 2007, an offer was made to buy out Maxis and privatise the company in preparation for expansions into the Indonesian, Indian and Qatari markets. The deal was offered by Ananda Krishnan, who pledged Maxis RM17.46 billion in exchange for all remaining shares of the company. The offer is to be formally made by Usaha Tegas, a company owned by Krishnan, on 3 May 2007, while the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange suspends trading of the company's shares until 3 May.
Under the urging of the former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, Maxis announce that it will re-list the company in Bursa Malaysia on 11 November 2009. The initial public offering, which constitute 30% of the company and involve its Malaysian operations, will raise at least MYR 11.7 billion.
In September 2013, Maxis prepaid, Hotlink launched its #Hotlink plan, which is claimed to be the first telecommunications company to offer free internet services on cellular networks, Hotlink calling it "Free Basic Internet" which offers download speeds up to 64kbit/s and which the management says is enough for checking Facebook, Twitter and Wikipedia on mobile optimised sites and also essentially eliminating data overage charges which as previously implemented at MYR 0.10/10KB.