COMMENT | I have been consistent in raising policy questions related to the single wholesale network (SWN) model under Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), a 100 percent government-owned entity then, when I was still an MP, in 2022.

I asked 15 questions to the then-CEO of DNB, Ralph Marshall, about the SWN model to which he replied. I also issued a list of questions to the mobile network operators (MNOs), most of whom were not in favour of the SWN model, as seen in the joint replies of Celcom, Digi, U Mobile, and Maxis.

GSMA, an industry association representing mobile network operators, issued a longer and more technical reply to my questions questioning the SWN model...