Comms Ministry has looked through Umno Youth’s memo on DNB: Annuar

KUALA LUMPUR – The Communications and Multimedia Ministry has scrutinised the memorandum submitted by Umno Youth on the implementation of the national 5G project by Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB), said its minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa.

Annuar said that the matters raised in the memorandum included the actual cost according to the annual breakdown, equipment, and operating costs of the country’s 5G network as well as a detailed explanation of the bulk selling price to telecommunication companies.

“In this regard, the ministry will extend a copy of the memorandum to the Finance Ministry as most of the matters raised in the memorandum are not under the Communications and Multimedia Ministry’s jurisdiction,” he said in a statement here today.

Annuar said his ministry would also organise briefing sessions to provide further clarification to those still unclear on such matters, especially those under the ministry’s jurisdiction.

He said DNB is currently wholly owned by the government, placed under the purview of the Finance Ministry.

“Measures are being taken by the Finance Ministry to restructure the company’s equity ownership structure and regulatory methods in line with the latest cabinet decision on the matter,” he said.

Yesterday, it was reported that Umno Youth exco member Fairuz Jamaludin, who is also an Umno Youth executive committee chairman, had handed over the memorandum to Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin. – Bernama, June 22, 2022