Maxis Communications
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| Publicly traded company | |
| Traded as | MYX: |
| ISIN | MYL6012OO008 |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1993 (Listed in 2009) |
| Headquarters | Maxis Tower, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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Area served
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Asia (excluding Korea DPR and Nepal), South America (including Peru and Chile) |
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Key people
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Raja Arshad Raja Uda, Chairman Morten Lundal, CEO |
| Revenue | 8.2 billion MYR (2014) |
| 1.638 billion MYR (2014) | |
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Number of employees
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2,901 (2014) |
| Parent | Usaha Tegas |
| Subsidiaries | Reliance Communications |
| Website | www |
Maxis Berhad (MYX: ) is a communications service provider in Malaysia. Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, providing a variety of communication products, applications and value added services for consumers, large enterprises and small & medium business owners.
Maxis uses the dialling prefixes of "012", "017", "014-2" and "011-2". The majority of the company's stake is owned by billionaire Ananda Krishnan, and the company has about 11.6 million subscribers as of the fourth quarter of 2015.
As of 2016, Maxis has a 100% 4G population coverage with minimum signal strength of -110dBm in Klang Valley, Penang and Johor Bahru; 95% 4G population coverage with minimum signal strength of -110dBm across all state capitals; 88% 4G population coverage with minimum signal strength of -110dBm nationwide. There are several high-profile celebrities who have signed on as spokespersons for Maxis, including Siti Nurhaliza, the Malaysian reality television show Akademi Fantasia's contestants, along with Jessy Wong The Diva and Arthur the Brave and Fluffy. Maxis was the first company to launch LTE services in Malaysia on 1 January 2013, starting in the Klang Valley region.
Maxis operates 2G GSM/GPRS/EDGE, 3G WCDMA/HSPA+/DC-HSPA, 4G LTE networks.
Maxis also has Malaysia's first NFC (Near field communication) service called FastTap. It integrates Touch 'n Go, Visa Wave from Maybank and other banks.
Maxis introduced its Malaysia's 3rd e-book service called Maxis ebooks (or Maxis ebuuk in its official website and app). The first was eSentral followed by MPH Digital. It was launched on 16 April 2012 and in launch, more than three hundred thousand books were made available in the e-book store, the web, an iPad application or through an Android tablet running Honeycomb or newer.
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