Malaysia’s Maxis Reports 3.8% Higher Service Revenue

Posted February 5, 2016

Though it has lost the top installed base battle to Axiata’s Celcom, and is slipping compared to Digi, Maxis says it has the number-one coverage of 4G Long Term Evolution service in Malaysia.

In 2015, Axiata Celcom, with 12.3 million subscribers, had the largest share of the mobile market at 31.3 percent, followed by Maxis at 31 percent and Digi with 30 percent.

Maxis in 2015 grew service revenue grew 3.8 percent.Prepaid revenue grew 6.2 percent year over year, while postpaid revenue grew 2.7 percent.

Earnings (Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA) grew 4.1 percent.

Year over year, service revenue grew 3.2 percent to RM2,160 million from RM2,094 million.

Gary Kim

Gary Kim is a communications industry analyst of 30 years, ranked second globally among power influencers in mobile and among the top 10 telecom thought leaders. He currently works as a telecom/Internet conference content developer and speaker. He recently founded the Spectrum Futures conference for the Pacific Telecommunications Council, and acts as a conference advisor for PTC. He is a member of Mensa, the international organization for people with IQs in the top 2 percent.