KUALA LUMPUR: Maxis Bhd has formed one of the largest 5G alliances in Malaysia to accelerate technology breakthroughs and Internet of Things (IoT) enterprise solutions. 

Comprising global and local technology and industry partners, innovators and lighthouse customers from diverse industries, the alliance will co-create, commercialise and scale 5G use cases and innovative solutions across industries to drive digital transformation and innovation. 

"There is no doubt that 5G will bring exciting benefits to individuals, businesses and government in strengthening Malaysia's competitiveness in the region," Maxis chief enterprise business officer Paul McManus said in a statement today.

The pact would enable members to work together to grow and leverage this symbiotic ecosystem to unlock the lucrative value of IR4.0 technologies like IoT, cloud, edge computing, VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality), he added.

Maxis said the alliance has 16 initial members. 

They include Advantech, Amdocs, CrescoNet, Cisco, Google, GSM Association (GSMA), Huawei, LLVision, Microsoft, Mimos Bhd, Motorola Solutions, NEC, Omron, Realwear, SAS, and Vodafone. 

This community is expected to grow as the Maxis 5G Alliance is intended to be an open collaboration across all organisations that can help turbo charge the adoption and deployment of innovation through 5G and ubiquitous converged network connectivity. 

These member organisations are structured according to three streams - technology and industry partners, innovators and strategic client partners.

Maxis said as members of the alliance, Mimos would provide access to its 5G and AI Innovation Hub to develop and test use cases.

Maxis will provide an experiential journey by showcasing the use cases at the recently opened, world-class Maxis Business Innovation Centre. 

Through its collaboration with Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Maxis said it invited enterprises to trial multi-access edge computing use cases. 

GSMA will facilitate knowledge transfer and training via its quarterly forum and 5G insights.