BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Unified National Networks, the government-linked company that now manages all of Brunei’s telecommunications infrastructure, has said it is moving forward with “full modernisation” of the country’s telco infrastructure in a bid to improve the quality and speed of mobile networks.

In a statement issued Tuesday, UNN said it is still in the process of “unifying and stabilising” network operations transferred from the existing three telcos: DST, Progresif and Telbru.

Projects carried out over the past several months will allow these service providers equal access to network infrastructure and the ability to offer both fixed and mobile services to the public, the company said.

“As wholesale service provider, we pave ways to provide the necessary facilities and broaden the network with the latest technologies,” said UNN CEO Dr Steffen Oehler.

“Together with the stakeholders we will co-create the innovations for infrastructure and services in Brunei Darussalam. It is then up to the telecommunication companies to offer attractive packages to consumers and penetrate the market in a fair competition.”

Rumours of layoffs ‘unsubstantiated’

Both UNN and its parent company Darussalam Assets have strongly denied rumors circulated widely on social media that employees from the existing three telcos will be retrenched as a result of the network consolidation.