Malaysia’s Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) single wholesale network (SWN) is facing renewed obstacles following the country’s general elections four months ago on November 19th, 2022. The newly elected government has its sights trained on DNB over transparency concerns, and the country’s largest operator, Maxis, remains unconvinced and is stubbornly holding out on its participation. The DNB, a scheme to base all of Malaysia’s 5G services on just one underlying wholesale network shared by all operators, has been controversial from the start. Supporters share the federal government’s view that employing an SWN would save mobile operators massively on capital expenditure (capex), forcing them to focus on innovative services. It would avoid duplication of infrastructure, while also bringing much-needed high-speed bandwidth to…