Malaysia has been mulling a shared national 5G network for some time as a way to speed up roll-out and encourage availability of 5G to support national industrial objectives, including the digital economy blueprint unveiled early this year. The plan is now coming to fruition though the costings and funding structures remain obscure. The government has set up a special purpose vehicle called Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB) to implement, own and manage the network and to hold spectrum in 700 MHz and 3.5 GHz. DNB has requested bids from eight vendors to help build and manage the shared network. Malaysia is not one of the countries that has sought to exclude Huawei from 5G build-outs, and in fact there are…