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What do you mean "clean it up"
Anyone have info on the OS? Best I can find is around 133 mil which is pretty low.
What has happened since $CHMD merged with Clixster Mobile?
Clixster $CHMD history, ads and press releases
http://www.clixster.my
1. Overview of company and merger
Clixster is a mobile phone company
Clixster is a relatively new company and has been public for only a short time.
Outstanding shares = 11.3 billion
10.5 billion owned by strategic entities or non-institutional
Breakdown:
92 % owned by strategic entities
7.9% non-institutional ownership
Float: 797 million (outstanding shares minus strategic and institutional)
It appears that a lot of shares are being held tightly. Otherwise this stock would tank quickly. Makes me wonder what the future holds. In the past, it haven't taken much volume to move this stock up. Really good news could help.
Clixster $CHMD history, ads and press releases
http://www.clixster.my
1. Overview of company and merger
Clixster $CHMD history, ads and press releases
http://www.clixster.my
1. Overview of company and merger
Clixster $CHMD history, ads and press releases
http://www.clixster.my
1. Overview of company and merger
Clixster $CHMD history, ads and press releases
http://www.clixster.my
1. Overview of company and merger
Top 18 Head Of Strategic Media Planning profiles | LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/title/head-of-strategic-media-planning?trk=pprofile_title
Clixster: real company with qualified employees
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/badri-ibrahim/88/a25/21a?trk=seokp_posts_secondary_cluster_res_author_name
More news of a promotion
IMO - looks like government help on this big promotion
http://www.malaysiastream.com/2013/07/clixster-mobile-tawarkan-100-000.html?m=1
02 JUNE 2015
Clixster Mobile
(Rough translation)
CLIXSTER Mobile Sdn Bhd is offering 100,000 free smartphone until next month through the Youth Communication Package RM200 rebate (PKB).
The promotion is open to all youth across Malaysia and smartphones can be redeemed at a roadshow Clixster or any store around the country with the banner.
Chief Executive Officer, Noor Azlan Khamis said, to simply buy a sim card and reload Clixster, customers will receive a free smart phone selected.
"In addition to this promotion, Clixster also provides other promotions where those who subscribe to our monthly data only worth RM27 1G and without limit.
"In addition, customers also have the opportunity to make free calls between users Clixster with each reload is done," he told the media, in Serdang, yesterday.
According to Noor Azlan, in addition to the rebate of RM200, Clixster also provide opportunities for the exchange of old phone to a smartphone, thereby helping to eliminate the government's target 2G phone and switch to 3G phones.
CNN ireport mentioning Clixster as a "global strategic partner and investor"
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1244902
Clixster’, ‘iTourism’, ‘Tourism Selangor’ and ‘Srikandi Wanita Malaysia’ were among the global Strategic partners and investors, that had attended and witnessed the inaugural signing ceremony between Unispace Media Group and the internationally-renowned Euronext-listing sponsor company, ‘Maréchal & Associés’.
Clixster advertising on radio
U365M! AD Campaign
Alot of business for Clixster Mobile (CHMD)
http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/04/09/angkasa-members-to-enjoy-free-calls-facility/
Sounds like a major contract (IMO)
Alot of business for Clixster Mobile (CHMD)
http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/04/09/angkasa-members-to-enjoy-free-calls-facility/
Sounds like a major contract (IMO)
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v8/bm/bu/newsbusiness.php?id=1124341
Translate it for yourself - IMO this is big. May be the reason for the volume and price increase.
Over 200,000 volume yesterday - price at .0139
http://www.google.com/finance?q=OTCMKTS%3ACHMD&ei=H9oUVfmHGtON8Qa2kIEo
Latest news - full article translated by Google. (May not be a perfect translation)
http://m.utusan.com.my/berita/nasional/sejuta-pengguna-sebelum-hujung-2015-1.73736
PUTRAJAYA, March 25 - Simkad Rakyat 1Malaysia (BR1M) optimistic targets are achievable million users by the end of this year through various promotions that will be conducted throughout the country.
Its chairman, Mohd. Noor Mohd. Amin said, despite the newly launched last week, BR1M has attracted 2,000 users who are interested in telecom products such as low and affordable rates.
"I am confident that the target of one million users BR1M This can be achieved through various promotional measures will we do in the whole country by focusing youths in higher education institutions (HEIs).
"In addition, BR1M will launch a postpaid plan in May, compared with a prepaid service offerings. I believe this move will attract more users to choose BR1M, "he said in a press conference on BR1M product, here today.
BR1M launched by the Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Hasan Malek last week was another government initiative to help people reduce the cost of living.
BR1M starter pack is priced at RM5.90 with free credit RM5 and 150 megabytes for Internet access.
BR1M users will be charged eight cents for every 30 seconds of a phone call, eight cents for short message service (SMS) and five cents per megabyte of data downloaded Internet.
At the same time, Mohd. Noor told, the government is inviting people who are interested in becoming a distributor BR1M by registering on the website, www.sr1m.com.my.
He said, until today, there are 14 major suppliers and 400 distributors nationwide BR1M and that number will increase when it has received a lot of applications to become a distributor BR1M including in Sabah and Sarawak.
Meanwhile, Chief Executive Officer BR1M, Bakhtiar Shaari explains, BR1M is the result of collaboration between companies Optic Tech Sdn. Bhd. with Clixster Mobile Sdn. Bhd. Enabling and Asia who act as managers, suppliers and intermediaries with telecommunications companies, U Mobile Sdn. Bhd. (UMobile).
He said, there was confusion by a newspaper report stating BR1M undertaken by Optic Tech in collaboration with UMobile without naming the Clixster Enabling Mobile and Asia.
Promising news:
2000 users in one week
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v8/bu/newsbusiness.php?id=1119926
Clixster took over Enabling Asia last November
http://www.mvnodynamics.com/2014/11/02/clixster-mobile-takes-enabling-asia-rides-mobile/
http://www.umno-online.my/?p=128691
Rough translation:
Mobile Clixster an account manager who act as managers, suppliers and intermediaries between BR1M and U Mobile Sdn Bhd.
The following Mobile Clixster position as a 'Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO)' or a Mobile Network Operator Maya under U Mobile, he said.
CHMD is the stock symbol for Clixster mobile
http://www.google.com/finance?cid=718217
Clixster promotes Entrepreneurship
(You have to translate)
http://sevenrich.club/
In the news (use google translate)
http://news.abnxcess.com/bm/2015/03/lebih-2000-daftar-sr1m-selepas-seminggu-dilancarkan/
Clixster Hiring again
http://jobs.jobstreet.com.my/my/jobs/2588642?fr=J
Huge bid today 700,000 - that would be a $6000 investment by someone.
Huge news for Clixster
$CHMD
http://www.digitalnewsasia.com/mobile-telco/clixster-and-enabling-asia-click-together-in-proposed-merger
Clixster and Enabling Asia click together in proposed merger
Karamjit SinghDec 02, 2014
Merger between both brings together their capabilities, opens markets
Clixster earlier did RTO of public-listed China Media Group to tap capital
CEO cooperation (l-r): Enabling Asia founder Loke Yee Siong and Clixster group CEO Noor Azlan Khamis.
HISTORY will be made in the Malaysian telco scene with the first merger in the MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) market between Enabling Asia, the country’s first Mobile Virtual Network Aggregator MVNA), and MVNO Clixster Mobile Group Inc.
Clixster last year earned US$16 million (RM53 million) revenue, and projects US$9 million (RM30 million) this year.
Clixster may very well be a sleeping giant, mainly because one of its shareholders is Angkasa, the National Co-operative Organisation of Malaysia, the country’s apex cooperative which has 7,000 cooperatives under its wing with 8.4 million members [corrected].
Furthermore, in January this year, Clixster initiated the reverse takeover (RTO) of China Media Group Corporation, which is quoted on New York’s Over-the-Counter market (CHMD).
The idea of the exercise is to eventually grow Clixster to the stage where it graduates to the full Nasdaq board and is able to tap the US capital market for growth. Its name will be changed to Clixster Mobile Group soon.
READ ALSO: GNum out to bridge online and mobile communications
Clixster group chief executive officer (CEO) Noor Azlan Khamis, also one of its five shareholders, tells Digital News Asia (DNA) that the impending merger is the ideal approach to unlock the value in both organisations.
Operating individually, they just don’t have the necessary scale to get a better deal from the incumbent mobile network operators, much less eat into their market share, he noted.
This merger, when it happens, will see Enabling Asia founder Loke Yee Siong remain CEO, while Azlan remains group CEO [corrected].
And while Enabling Asia brings its NSP or Network Service Provision licence, its technical platform, and its commercial relationship with service provider U Mobile to the table; Clixster, by virtue of its large untapped customer base especially from Angkasa, will actually own a simple majority in the merged organisation.
Loke is unfazed at this reality, preferring to focus on the fact that the merger will result in both Clixster and Enabling Asia retaining their brands while enjoying the strengths the other brings to the table.
“We have our own platform, technical and go to market expertise that they don’t, which they can then bring to offer better value to their customers. On the other hand, partnering with them allows us to quickly make inroads into the government and semi-government business,” he says.
Operating since 2012, Enabling Asia has four MVNOs under its belt including Buzz Me (its own consumer brand), Prabhu Mobile, ECI Mobile, and Unicoms Mobile.
Clixster has four MVNOs as well, operating Clixster Mobile, Angkasa Mobile, Ameen Mobile and SR1M, while claiming a combined subscriber base of 300,000 users. It also has a device, payments and media business.
The impending merger between the two parties is made smoother by the fact that both share the same vision, Loke declares. “Domestically, both of us believe that the only way to compete is to consolidate all the MVNOs and become a virtual MVNO.”
Meanwhile, in terms of international vision, they both want to make sure roaming services are cheaper – mainly by partnering with an MVNO in another country which then issues a temporary SIM number to the traveller.
Post-merger, which they expect to happen in the first quarter, being an MVNA will remain their core business, with both stressing the large untapped market still out there.
“We are going to launch a co-branded MVNO with the Manchester United fan club, for example,” Azlan says to illustrate the untapped market they see in the Malaysian market.
Then there are the opportunities within the public sector, with Azlan sharing that they have a Letter of Intent from the Home Ministry to come up with a mobile-based monitoring system to pay Rela reservists right away after they have performed their duties.
“There are over a million Rela reservists. What’s to prevent the Home Ministry from perhaps wanting to offer them an MVNO service eventually?” poses Azlan, who started his career in 1993 with Asia Connect, Malaysia’s first dial-up ISP (Internet service provider).
Huge news for Clixster
$CHMD
http://www.digitalnewsasia.com/mobile-telco/clixster-and-enabling-asia-click-together-in-proposed-merger
Clixster and Enabling Asia click together in proposed merger
Karamjit SinghDec 02, 2014
Merger between both brings together their capabilities, opens markets
Clixster earlier did RTO of public-listed China Media Group to tap capital
CEO cooperation (l-r): Enabling Asia founder Loke Yee Siong and Clixster group CEO Noor Azlan Khamis.
HISTORY will be made in the Malaysian telco scene with the first merger in the MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) market between Enabling Asia, the country’s first Mobile Virtual Network Aggregator MVNA), and MVNO Clixster Mobile Group Inc.
Clixster last year earned US$16 million (RM53 million) revenue, and projects US$9 million (RM30 million) this year.
Clixster may very well be a sleeping giant, mainly because one of its shareholders is Angkasa, the National Co-operative Organisation of Malaysia, the country’s apex cooperative which has 7,000 cooperatives under its wing with 8.4 million members [corrected].
Furthermore, in January this year, Clixster initiated the reverse takeover (RTO) of China Media Group Corporation, which is quoted on New York’s Over-the-Counter market (CHMD).
The idea of the exercise is to eventually grow Clixster to the stage where it graduates to the full Nasdaq board and is able to tap the US capital market for growth. Its name will be changed to Clixster Mobile Group soon.
READ ALSO: GNum out to bridge online and mobile communications
Clixster group chief executive officer (CEO) Noor Azlan Khamis, also one of its five shareholders, tells Digital News Asia (DNA) that the impending merger is the ideal approach to unlock the value in both organisations.
Operating individually, they just don’t have the necessary scale to get a better deal from the incumbent mobile network operators, much less eat into their market share, he noted.
This merger, when it happens, will see Enabling Asia founder Loke Yee Siong remain CEO, while Azlan remains group CEO [corrected].
And while Enabling Asia brings its NSP or Network Service Provision licence, its technical platform, and its commercial relationship with service provider U Mobile to the table; Clixster, by virtue of its large untapped customer base especially from Angkasa, will actually own a simple majority in the merged organisation.
Loke is unfazed at this reality, preferring to focus on the fact that the merger will result in both Clixster and Enabling Asia retaining their brands while enjoying the strengths the other brings to the table.
“We have our own platform, technical and go to market expertise that they don’t, which they can then bring to offer better value to their customers. On the other hand, partnering with them allows us to quickly make inroads into the government and semi-government business,” he says.
Operating since 2012, Enabling Asia has four MVNOs under its belt including Buzz Me (its own consumer brand), Prabhu Mobile, ECI Mobile, and Unicoms Mobile.
Clixster has four MVNOs as well, operating Clixster Mobile, Angkasa Mobile, Ameen Mobile and SR1M, while claiming a combined subscriber base of 300,000 users. It also has a device, payments and media business.
The impending merger between the two parties is made smoother by the fact that both share the same vision, Loke declares. “Domestically, both of us believe that the only way to compete is to consolidate all the MVNOs and become a virtual MVNO.”
Meanwhile, in terms of international vision, they both want to make sure roaming services are cheaper – mainly by partnering with an MVNO in another country which then issues a temporary SIM number to the traveller.
Post-merger, which they expect to happen in the first quarter, being an MVNA will remain their core business, with both stressing the large untapped market still out there.
“We are going to launch a co-branded MVNO with the Manchester United fan club, for example,” Azlan says to illustrate the untapped market they see in the Malaysian market.
Then there are the opportunities within the public sector, with Azlan sharing that they have a Letter of Intent from the Home Ministry to come up with a mobile-based monitoring system to pay Rela reservists right away after they have performed their duties.
“There are over a million Rela reservists. What’s to prevent the Home Ministry from perhaps wanting to offer them an MVNO service eventually?” poses Azlan, who started his career in 1993 with Asia Connect, Malaysia’s first dial-up ISP (Internet service provider).
Huge news for Clixster
$CHMD
http://www.digitalnewsasia.com/mobile-telco/clixster-and-enabling-asia-click-together-in-proposed-merger
Clixster and Enabling Asia click together in proposed merger
Karamjit SinghDec 02, 2014
Merger between both brings together their capabilities, opens markets
Clixster earlier did RTO of public-listed China Media Group to tap capital
CEO cooperation (l-r): Enabling Asia founder Loke Yee Siong and Clixster group CEO Noor Azlan Khamis.
HISTORY will be made in the Malaysian telco scene with the first merger in the MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) market between Enabling Asia, the country’s first Mobile Virtual Network Aggregator MVNA), and MVNO Clixster Mobile Group Inc.
Clixster last year earned US$16 million (RM53 million) revenue, and projects US$9 million (RM30 million) this year.
Clixster may very well be a sleeping giant, mainly because one of its shareholders is Angkasa, the National Co-operative Organisation of Malaysia, the country’s apex cooperative which has 7,000 cooperatives under its wing with 8.4 million members [corrected].
Furthermore, in January this year, Clixster initiated the reverse takeover (RTO) of China Media Group Corporation, which is quoted on New York’s Over-the-Counter market (CHMD).
The idea of the exercise is to eventually grow Clixster to the stage where it graduates to the full Nasdaq board and is able to tap the US capital market for growth. Its name will be changed to Clixster Mobile Group soon.
READ ALSO: GNum out to bridge online and mobile communications
Clixster group chief executive officer (CEO) Noor Azlan Khamis, also one of its five shareholders, tells Digital News Asia (DNA) that the impending merger is the ideal approach to unlock the value in both organisations.
Operating individually, they just don’t have the necessary scale to get a better deal from the incumbent mobile network operators, much less eat into their market share, he noted.
This merger, when it happens, will see Enabling Asia founder Loke Yee Siong remain CEO, while Azlan remains group CEO [corrected].
And while Enabling Asia brings its NSP or Network Service Provision licence, its technical platform, and its commercial relationship with service provider U Mobile to the table; Clixster, by virtue of its large untapped customer base especially from Angkasa, will actually own a simple majority in the merged organisation.
Loke is unfazed at this reality, preferring to focus on the fact that the merger will result in both Clixster and Enabling Asia retaining their brands while enjoying the strengths the other brings to the table.
“We have our own platform, technical and go to market expertise that they don’t, which they can then bring to offer better value to their customers. On the other hand, partnering with them allows us to quickly make inroads into the government and semi-government business,” he says.
Operating since 2012, Enabling Asia has four MVNOs under its belt including Buzz Me (its own consumer brand), Prabhu Mobile, ECI Mobile, and Unicoms Mobile.
Clixster has four MVNOs as well, operating Clixster Mobile, Angkasa Mobile, Ameen Mobile and SR1M, while claiming a combined subscriber base of 300,000 users. It also has a device, payments and media business.
The impending merger between the two parties is made smoother by the fact that both share the same vision, Loke declares. “Domestically, both of us believe that the only way to compete is to consolidate all the MVNOs and become a virtual MVNO.”
Meanwhile, in terms of international vision, they both want to make sure roaming services are cheaper – mainly by partnering with an MVNO in another country which then issues a temporary SIM number to the traveller.
Post-merger, which they expect to happen in the first quarter, being an MVNA will remain their core business, with both stressing the large untapped market still out there.
“We are going to launch a co-branded MVNO with the Manchester United fan club, for example,” Azlan says to illustrate the untapped market they see in the Malaysian market.
Then there are the opportunities within the public sector, with Azlan sharing that they have a Letter of Intent from the Home Ministry to come up with a mobile-based monitoring system to pay Rela reservists right away after they have performed their duties.
“There are over a million Rela reservists. What’s to prevent the Home Ministry from perhaps wanting to offer them an MVNO service eventually?” poses Azlan, who started his career in 1993 with Asia Connect, Malaysia’s first dial-up ISP (Internet service provider).
Huge news for Clixster
$CHMD
http://www.digitalnewsasia.com/mobile-telco/clixster-and-enabling-asia-click-together-in-proposed-merger
Clixster and Enabling Asia click together in proposed merger
Karamjit SinghDec 02, 2014
Merger between both brings together their capabilities, opens markets
Clixster earlier did RTO of public-listed China Media Group to tap capital
CEO cooperation (l-r): Enabling Asia founder Loke Yee Siong and Clixster group CEO Noor Azlan Khamis.
HISTORY will be made in the Malaysian telco scene with the first merger in the MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) market between Enabling Asia, the country’s first Mobile Virtual Network Aggregator MVNA), and MVNO Clixster Mobile Group Inc.
Clixster last year earned US$16 million (RM53 million) revenue, and projects US$9 million (RM30 million) this year.
Clixster may very well be a sleeping giant, mainly because one of its shareholders is Angkasa, the National Co-operative Organisation of Malaysia, the country’s apex cooperative which has 7,000 cooperatives under its wing with 8.4 million members [corrected].
Furthermore, in January this year, Clixster initiated the reverse takeover (RTO) of China Media Group Corporation, which is quoted on New York’s Over-the-Counter market (CHMD).
The idea of the exercise is to eventually grow Clixster to the stage where it graduates to the full Nasdaq board and is able to tap the US capital market for growth. Its name will be changed to Clixster Mobile Group soon.
READ ALSO: GNum out to bridge online and mobile communications
Clixster group chief executive officer (CEO) Noor Azlan Khamis, also one of its five shareholders, tells Digital News Asia (DNA) that the impending merger is the ideal approach to unlock the value in both organisations.
Operating individually, they just don’t have the necessary scale to get a better deal from the incumbent mobile network operators, much less eat into their market share, he noted.
This merger, when it happens, will see Enabling Asia founder Loke Yee Siong remain CEO, while Azlan remains group CEO [corrected].
And while Enabling Asia brings its NSP or Network Service Provision licence, its technical platform, and its commercial relationship with service provider U Mobile to the table; Clixster, by virtue of its large untapped customer base especially from Angkasa, will actually own a simple majority in the merged organisation.
Loke is unfazed at this reality, preferring to focus on the fact that the merger will result in both Clixster and Enabling Asia retaining their brands while enjoying the strengths the other brings to the table.
“We have our own platform, technical and go to market expertise that they don’t, which they can then bring to offer better value to their customers. On the other hand, partnering with them allows us to quickly make inroads into the government and semi-government business,” he says.
Operating since 2012, Enabling Asia has four MVNOs under its belt including Buzz Me (its own consumer brand), Prabhu Mobile, ECI Mobile, and Unicoms Mobile.
Clixster has four MVNOs as well, operating Clixster Mobile, Angkasa Mobile, Ameen Mobile and SR1M, while claiming a combined subscriber base of 300,000 users. It also has a device, payments and media business.
The impending merger between the two parties is made smoother by the fact that both share the same vision, Loke declares. “Domestically, both of us believe that the only way to compete is to consolidate all the MVNOs and become a virtual MVNO.”
Meanwhile, in terms of international vision, they both want to make sure roaming services are cheaper – mainly by partnering with an MVNO in another country which then issues a temporary SIM number to the traveller.
Post-merger, which they expect to happen in the first quarter, being an MVNA will remain their core business, with both stressing the large untapped market still out there.
“We are going to launch a co-branded MVNO with the Manchester United fan club, for example,” Azlan says to illustrate the untapped market they see in the Malaysian market.
Then there are the opportunities within the public sector, with Azlan sharing that they have a Letter of Intent from the Home Ministry to come up with a mobile-based monitoring system to pay Rela reservists right away after they have performed their duties.
“There are over a million Rela reservists. What’s to prevent the Home Ministry from perhaps wanting to offer them an MVNO service eventually?” poses Azlan, who started his career in 1993 with Asia Connect, Malaysia’s first dial-up ISP (Internet service provider).
Huge news for Clixster
$CHMD
http://www.digitalnewsasia.com/mobile-telco/clixster-and-enabling-asia-click-together-in-proposed-merger
Clixster and Enabling Asia click together in proposed merger
Karamjit SinghDec 02, 2014
Merger between both brings together their capabilities, opens markets
Clixster earlier did RTO of public-listed China Media Group to tap capital
CEO cooperation (l-r): Enabling Asia founder Loke Yee Siong and Clixster group CEO Noor Azlan Khamis.
HISTORY will be made in the Malaysian telco scene with the first merger in the MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) market between Enabling Asia, the country’s first Mobile Virtual Network Aggregator MVNA), and MVNO Clixster Mobile Group Inc.
Clixster last year earned US$16 million (RM53 million) revenue, and projects US$9 million (RM30 million) this year.
Clixster may very well be a sleeping giant, mainly because one of its shareholders is Angkasa, the National Co-operative Organisation of Malaysia, the country’s apex cooperative which has 7,000 cooperatives under its wing with 8.4 million members [corrected].
Furthermore, in January this year, Clixster initiated the reverse takeover (RTO) of China Media Group Corporation, which is quoted on New York’s Over-the-Counter market (CHMD).
The idea of the exercise is to eventually grow Clixster to the stage where it graduates to the full Nasdaq board and is able to tap the US capital market for growth. Its name will be changed to Clixster Mobile Group soon.
READ ALSO: GNum out to bridge online and mobile communications
Clixster group chief executive officer (CEO) Noor Azlan Khamis, also one of its five shareholders, tells Digital News Asia (DNA) that the impending merger is the ideal approach to unlock the value in both organisations.
Operating individually, they just don’t have the necessary scale to get a better deal from the incumbent mobile network operators, much less eat into their market share, he noted.
This merger, when it happens, will see Enabling Asia founder Loke Yee Siong remain CEO, while Azlan remains group CEO [corrected].
And while Enabling Asia brings its NSP or Network Service Provision licence, its technical platform, and its commercial relationship with service provider U Mobile to the table; Clixster, by virtue of its large untapped customer base especially from Angkasa, will actually own a simple majority in the merged organisation.
Loke is unfazed at this reality, preferring to focus on the fact that the merger will result in both Clixster and Enabling Asia retaining their brands while enjoying the strengths the other brings to the table.
“We have our own platform, technical and go to market expertise that they don’t, which they can then bring to offer better value to their customers. On the other hand, partnering with them allows us to quickly make inroads into the government and semi-government business,” he says.
Operating since 2012, Enabling Asia has four MVNOs under its belt including Buzz Me (its own consumer brand), Prabhu Mobile, ECI Mobile, and Unicoms Mobile.
Clixster has four MVNOs as well, operating Clixster Mobile, Angkasa Mobile, Ameen Mobile and SR1M, while claiming a combined subscriber base of 300,000 users. It also has a device, payments and media business.
The impending merger between the two parties is made smoother by the fact that both share the same vision, Loke declares. “Domestically, both of us believe that the only way to compete is to consolidate all the MVNOs and become a virtual MVNO.”
Meanwhile, in terms of international vision, they both want to make sure roaming services are cheaper – mainly by partnering with an MVNO in another country which then issues a temporary SIM number to the traveller.
Post-merger, which they expect to happen in the first quarter, being an MVNA will remain their core business, with both stressing the large untapped market still out there.
“We are going to launch a co-branded MVNO with the Manchester United fan club, for example,” Azlan says to illustrate the untapped market they see in the Malaysian market.
Then there are the opportunities within the public sector, with Azlan sharing that they have a Letter of Intent from the Home Ministry to come up with a mobile-based monitoring system to pay Rela reservists right away after they have performed their duties.
“There are over a million Rela reservists. What’s to prevent the Home Ministry from perhaps wanting to offer them an MVNO service eventually?” poses Azlan, who started his career in 1993 with Asia Connect, Malaysia’s first dial-up ISP (Internet service provider).