Malaysian operators agree to take stakes in wholesale national 5G Malaysian operators have finally caved into government pressure to take stakes in the country’s national wholesaler Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), set up as an alternative to staging a spectrum auction. The country’s big six operators, Celcom, Digi, Maxis, U Mobile, Telekom Malaysia and Time dotcom, have resisted the approach but have all now agreed to take equity in DNB. The impasse has held up the country’s deployment of 5G, which can now finally go ahead. The government had set an August 2022 deadline for operators to accept the stake in DNB, failing which they would lose access to 5G spectrum entirely, allowing foreign players to enter the market. This arm-twisting…