Malaysian telcos Celcom and DiGi agree to merge DiGi will become Malaysia’s largest telco with over 20m subscribers if the proposed merger with Celcom Axiata goes ahead, as now looks likely following approval from both companies’ boards. Under terms of the deal, Axiata and Telenor will each own 33.1% stakes in the new company, which will be known as Celcom DiGi. The current mobile operators in the country are Celcom Axiata, DiGi, Maxis, Telekom Malaysia, YTL Communications and U Mobile. China gains almost 25m net new 5G subs in October China’s rate of 5G subscriber gain continues to slow down with a net rise of 24.75m 5G subscribers in October, down from 31.4m in September, with the total now above…