ENRICHING LIVES EXPANDING HORIZONS - Maxis

MAXIS BERHAD
ANNUAL REPORT 2011
17
9 August 2011
Maxis and Alcatel-Lucent deployed
First 100G Core Transmission Network
in Asia Pacific
Maxis with Alcatel-Lucent undertook
a major transformation of Maxis’
core transmission network to cope
with increased data traffic, simplify
its network, and reduce costs while
providing higher efficiency and
robustness.
22 August 2011
Maxis launched Malaysia’s most
advanced Cloud Computing Services
Maxis launched Maxis Cloud, the most
advanced on-demand, real-time, fully
managed cloud service in Malaysia,
accessible via the country’s highest-speed
business broadband.
23 August 2011
Maxis reinforced its commitment to
nurturing Malaysian talent
Maxis presented Maxis Scholarship
for Excellence Awards (MSEA) to 30
outstanding young Malaysians for
postgraduate and undergraduate studies
at universities of their choice, locally and
overseas.
8 September 2011
Easy connectivity for
Malaysian pilgrims
Maxis introduced a special Saudi Telecom
Company (STC) SIM card which enabled
pilgrims performing the Haj to make
or receive calls and SMS within Saudi
Arabia at local rates. With assistance
from Tabung Haji, 17,000 SIM cards were
distributed free of charge.
9 September 2011
Maxis enhanced distribution
channels in Sabah
About 150,000 residents in the East
Coast of Sabah were able to enjoy the
full suite of Maxis services with the
opening of the new Maxis Centre in
Sandakan, the first store built to serve
customers in the East Coast of Sabah.
22 September 2011
Maxis swept seven awards at
FinanceAsia’s Best Managed
Companies Awards Ceremony
Maxis Chief Executive Officer, Sandip
Das and Chief Financial Officer, Nasution
Mohamed, each ranked amongst the
top three in the Best CEO and Best CFO
categories in the 2011 awards. The
Company was also voted into the top ranks
of Malaysia’s Best Managed Companies;
and won awards for Most Committed
to Dividend Policy, Best Corporate
Governance, Best Investor Relations and
Best Corporate Social Responsibility.
TOP
Mark Dioguardi, Maxis
Joint Chief Operating
Officer, and Mohd Fazlin
Shah Bin Mohd Salleh,
President and Managing
Director of Alcatel-Lucent
Malaysia, marked the
roll-out of the Maxis optical
backbone network, the first
100G single carrier with
optical coherent technology
system commercially
deployed in Asia-Pacific.
BELOW
Maxis reached out to East
Malaysian communities with
sustainable e-education
programmes. Children and
parents were trained in the
use of Internet applications,
at Kampung Moyog in Sabah.