Macam mana nak guna peta CellMapper di web & laman aplikasi?

Dalam artikel ini, saya akan menunjukkan cara untuk menggunakan peta CellMapper.

Untuk memetakan liputan & menara telekomunikasi dengan aplikasi CellMapper, sila pergi ke sini.

Tower dengan titik merah: lokasi dianggarkan daripada data pengguna CellMapper, tidak semestinya berada di lokasi sebenar/tepat.

Tower dengan titik hijau (atau hijau dengan ring merah): tower ini telah dipinkan di lokasi sebenar/tepat oleh pengguna CellMapper berdaftar.

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Laman web (desktop)

Apabila anda membuka cellmapper.net untuk pertama kali, anda perlu memberikan kebenaran supaya CellMapper dapat mengakses lokasi semasa anda (bergantung kepada tetapan sistem operasi). Jika tidak, peta akan menunjukkan lokasi koordinat 0, 0 secara lalai.

Untuk melihat data untuk telco tetentu, klik “Select Provider” & buat carian nama telco. Sebagai contoh, saya akan memilih Celcom. Anda juga boleh skrol sampai jumpa telco yang dipilih.

Selepas memilih Celcom, data akan dipaparkan.

Anda ada pelbagai pilihan di bawah menu General (ikon rumah) untuk memudahkan pencarian anda. Antaranya ialah:

• Map settings: tukarkan layer map. Gunakan ESRI Satelite untuk peta satelit.
• Location search: taipkan lokasi anda seperti contoh “Batu 14 Hulu Langat” & tekan enter atau klik pada Move to current location
• Tower search: masukkan nombor eNB/gNB/NB/BTS tower. Contoh: 151854
• Cell search (premium sahaja): masukkan nombor Cell ID untuk mencari gNB/eNB/NB/BTS berkaitan dengan Cell ID itu.
• BSIC/PCI/PSC search: masukkan nombor PCI tower
• Settings: tetapan untuk menunjukkan/menyorokkan sesuatu item (tower, signal trails dan sebagainya)
• Filter: tukar tarikh supaya hanya data untuk hari tertentu ditunjukkan. Ada juga opsyen untuk menujukkan “Low accuracy towers”, “Only show verified towers” dan sebagainya.
• Legend: rujukan warna dengan kekuatan tahap liputan dan juga warna verified tower & unverified tower.

Anda boleh klik pada bulatan merah atau hijau untuk melihat info lanjut tentang tower tersebut.

First seen menunjukkan tarikh sesuatu tower mula direkodkan dengan aplikasi CellMapper. Manakala, last seen menunjukkan kali terakhir tower tersebut direkodkan dengan aplikasi CellMapper.

Anda juga boleh skrol pada menu sebelah kiri untuk melihat info lanjut untuk setiap sektor/LCID tower yang dipilih.

Laman web (mobile)

Cara menggunakannya di handphone seperti iPhone/Xiaomi/realme adalah hampir sama seperti di atas.

Cumanya anda perlu skrol untuk memilih telco kerana tiada fungsi search untuk operator.

Anda juga perlu menekan butang Menu untuk membuka sidebar menu dan tekan pada Map untuk kembali ke peta.

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Aplikasi Android

Buka menu 3 garis disebelah atas kiri dan pilih Map.

Selalunya paparan data untuk telco digunakan dalam handphone anda akan ditunjukkan secara lalai.

Terdapat 3 butang disebelah atas kanan iaitu Select provider (ikon search), Change Map Type & menu 3 titik menegak.

• Select provider: kotak putih akan muncul dibawah skrin yang akan menunjukkan pilihan untuk Country, Network, Network Type dan Band.
• Select map type: menukar jenis peta digunakan
• Menu 3 titik menegak: ada empat pilihan, iaitu Open in Browser, Filter Bands, Tower Search & Location Search.

JIka anda menekan ikon search

Jika anda menekan ikon peta

Jika anda menekan pada sesuatu tower (titik merah @ titik hijau dengan ring merah), info lanjut berkaitan dengan tower tersebut akan keluar.

Jika telefon anda bersambung ke tower yang mempunyai data dalam CellMapper dan anda sedang melihat tower tersebut dalam peta, terdapat satu garis yang bersambung dari lokasi anda (titik biru) ke tower tersebut.

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List of MVNOs operating in Malaysia

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This article is not longer maintained, see here for new, simpler version of this article.

MVNO = Mobile Virtual Network Operator, where MVNO doesn’t have its own wireless network infrastructure & enters agreement with MNO (Mobile Network Operator) like below to obtain bulk access at wholesale rates which MVNOs can set retail prices independently.

Only 6 networks in Malaysia (Celcom, Digi, Maxis, U Mobile, Unifi Mobile & Yes 4G) that has its own wireless network infrastructure.

Celcom

• ALTEL
• Merchantrade (as Hello SIM)
• redONE (includes BeONE)
• Tune Talk (includes Halo Telco, SMART-i & Tone Excel)
• XOX Mobile (includes ONEXOX)
• yoodo (digital sub-brand of Celcom)

*ALTEL has its own 2x20MHz of 2600MHz spectrum but they chose to lease it to Celcom & Digi afaik.

Digi:

• Mcalls
• MY Evolution (M2M only)
• speakOUT
• tapp (digital sub-brand of Digi)
• TONE WOW

Maxis:

• Ansar Mobile (prepaid arm of REDtone)

U Mobile

None.

Unifi Mobile

None.

Yes 4G

None.

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Past MVNOs operated in Malaysia

MVNO	Host network	Ended on…
*¹Baraka Telecom	Digi	?
Buzzme	U Mobile	31 Jan 2019
Clixster Mobile	Digi > U Mobile	2 Sept 2015
Friendi Mobile	U Mobile	15 Aug 2019
happy prepaid	Digi	?
KartuAs 2in1 (Telin Malaysia)	U Mobile	Aug 2020
MCATGen (M2M only)	Celcom	?
ookyo	Maxis	21 Jan 2020
Salamfone	Maxis	1 Aug 2013
SMART Pinoy	Celcom	?
TRON	Digi	17 Jan 2019

*¹: Baraka Telecom never launched their MVNO services.

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Sources used: my own findings, TelecomPaper, Wikipedia

Unifi Mobile (legacy) Postpaid Unlimited Plan details (speed, FUP, etc.)

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For newer Uni5G Postpaid 89 Unlimited, click here.

Names, pricing & contract:

Any legacy unifi Mobile/webe unlimited data postpaid plan is relevant with points in this article. Note that these plans are not longer available for new signups starting 17 February 2023. Existing subscribers are able to retain this plan indefinitely.

Plan	Price (w/o tax)	Contract
unifi Mobile 99 (for unifi Home Broadband customer/Jasa Pack/Student Pack)	RM59/month	None
unifi Mobile 99 (non-unifi Home Broadband customer, legacy webe unlimited)	RM79/month	None
unifi Mobile 99 (with contract option)	RM59/month	12 months

Speed/FUP/quota:

Unlimited but this plan has tiered speed cap system in place since introduction of webe unlimited plan in 2016. Some lines may not be imposed with this cap. Table below is valid for 4G LTE usage only. I personally experienced this cap when I subscribed to this plan back in 2016 until 2017.

Data usage	Speed (download only)
less than 10GB	Uncapped, best effort
10GB to 29GB	10Mbps max
30GB to 49GB	5Mbps max
50GB to 100GB	3Mbps max
100GB and more	1-2Mbps max

Thanks to Exa_Bytez at Lowyat.NET forum (and Sam Leong)

This may change as I’ve informed of any new info. Valid as of 28 Jan 2024.

• P2P/torrent is capped at 64Kbps.
• YouTube is capped at 1.5Mbps.
• VPN is throttled to 64Kbps(?)
• 5G access is included with no FUP.
• Speeds are capped to 80Mbps when you’re on Maxis network

Hotspot:

On 5G, hotspot usage are unlimited.

10GB/month hotspot included (4G LTE usage only). However you can add hotspot addon as below:

• RM6 for 2 hours of unlimited hotspot
• RM8 for 500MB hotspot
• RM15 for 1GB hotspot

All paid addons above supports hotspot for both 4G LTE & 3G. Weirdly (for 4G LTE usage), it isn’t subject to data FUP above so devices connected to your hotspot may get faster speed than your own phone.

Calls:

Unlimited to all networks to Malaysia (with 2000mins FUP) except:

• 1051/15454/15300/103/15500 (15sen/min)
• Premium hotline 1-300/1-700 (15sen/min)

Beware that exceeding the call FUP also may have your number suspended!

SMS:

Unlimited (I’m unsure the FUP limit).

Credit limit:

RM500 by default. You can ask TM to increase/decrease credit limit to your liking.

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Sources used: Unifi website, my own personal experience

Unifi Mobile uni5G Prepaid “Unlimited” Data plan details (speed/FUP/etc.)

Former names of the plan:

• #Bebas2Njoy
• Bebas Prepaid Unlimited

Pricing:

• RM1 for 2 hours unlimited
• RM3 for Daily Unlimited (24 hours)
• RM12 for Weekly Unlimited (7 days)
• RM35 for Monthly Unlimited (30 days) + included 5G NR access

These passes are not auto-renewable. 5G NR access is ONLY AVAILABLE ON MONTHLY PLAN.

Speed:

All plans are capped up to 5Mbps on 4G LTE.

5G NR speeds are uncapped (best effort basis).

Quota/FUP/Hotspot:

Plan	FUP	Hotspot
2 hours	4G LTE: No FUP	No limit
Daily	4G LTE: 10GB	1GB
Weekly	4G LTE: 20GB	3GB
Monthly	4G LTE: 60GB 5G NR: 40GB	5GB

Old FUP limit for monthly plan (those who purchased monthly pass before 9 February 2023) is as follows:

Plan	FUP	Hotspot
Monthly	4G LTE: 100GB 5G NR: 40GB	10GB

After FUP cap is reached, speeds are restricted to 512Kbps until end of the pass validity.

Can I use this plan inside LTE/5G modem/CPEs?

Yes. You need a modem with TTL fix (hotspot bypass) and support for LTE band 5, 38 & 40. For 5G, you need 4G LTE band 28 and/or 5G n78.

However, because of paltry amount of quota FUP limit, you might want to consider unifi Air (RM79/month, no contract if you pick SIM only) or just get home fibre subscription when possible. Among cheap home fiber plans is Celcom’s 30Mbps @ RM80 or unifi’s 30Mbps @ RM89, which both came with 2 year contract.

Calls:

Unlimited calls to all local networks for monthly plan only.

Otherwise you can add voice addons like below:

Price	Call Minutes
RM7	60 (value: 12 sen/minute)
RM20	200 (value: 10 sen/minute)

Call Minutes are valid to all local networks & doesn’t have expiry (use until you ran out of minutes). Call minutes are deducted exactly on how many seconds after the person on the other end answers your call.

If you didn’t subscribe to any of the voice addons above, calls made will be charged at 20 sen/minute (60 sec per block) to all local networks.

SMS:

Pay per use at 10sen per SMS to all local networks.

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Sources used: unifi website, my own personal experience

Unifi Air 4G/5G plan details (speed, FUP, etc.)

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Some tidbits about these plans:

• It is a postpaid plan.
• Pricing below doesn’t include any applicable taxes
• Unlimited data with no FUP
• Data only. No call/SMS support.
• No access to Maxis network (if used outside unifi’s own 4G & DNB’s 5G coverage area).

Plan	Price/month	Contract	Upfront payment
4G SIM only	RM79	(none)	RM100
4G SIM + modem	RM79	24 months	RM100
4G/5G SIM + modem	RM149	24 months	RM149

Plan	Included modem	Speed
4G SIM only	(none)	max 20Mbps DL/UL
4G SIM + modem	ZTE MF286C	max 20Mbps DL/UL
4G/5G SIM + modem	ZTE MC8020	uncapped

Notes:

• Unifi Air uses same coverage & tower as like unifi mobile postpaid/prepaid, but without the ability to use Maxis network. The reason that unifi Air has separate “unifi Air” coverage option (it highlights places with 4G LTE B40 coverage) in their website is to ensure the users have optimal experience by preferring them to use in that coverage area. It should be noted that unifi prepaid/postpaid users can access 4G LTE B40 just like unifi Air users can access LTE B5.
• unifi Air SIMs have lower network priority than unifi mobile SIMs. This prioritisation is apparent when in congested areas.
• If you experience terrible speeds, you can cancel your contract without any penalty by providing proof that Unifi Air service at your registered address is congested. (if you choose SIM + modem option)
• You can use Unifi Air anywhere in Malaysia as it is not tied to towers around your registered address.
• This plan doesn’t support MNP & you can’t MNP your number to this plan.

Check for unifi Air coverage

• Unifi Air website
• CellMapper (crowd-sourced, search for towers that has Band 38 & Band 40)

Network info for Unifi Mobile/Air

Some tidbits:

• Launched in 2016 as webe, rebranded to unifi in 2017.
• Operated by TM Technology Services Sdn Bhd (formerly known as Webe Digital Sdn Bhd), a subsidary of Telekom Malaysia.
• Operates own 4G LTE network.
• Offers 5G through Digital Nasional Berhad’s network
• 4G LTE spectrum acquired from previous P1 & TMgo network.
• Uses Maxis 2G nationwide. Some places still uses Celcom’s 2G instead.
• Uses Maxis 4G LTE for places outside unifi’s own 4G LTE coverage. (unifi Air users are not allowed to use Maxis network)
• MCC/MNC (PLMN) code: 502 153
• unifi Mobile & unifi Air (sans Maxis’s coverage) uses same tower & coverage. The reason unifi have separate unifi Air coverage in their website is to just show places with 4G LTE B40 2300MHz, to ensure optimal performance for unifi Air SIMs by preferring them to use in that area. unifi Air SIMs can connect to LTE B5 just like unifi Mobile prepaid/postpaid SIMs can connect to LTE B40. However, unifi Air userscannot access Maxis network.

5G NR bands:

Refer to this article.

It seems like all prepaid/postpaid plans has 5G access enabled by default. For unifi Air, you need to subscribe to RM149/month plan for 5G access.

4G LTE bands:

Band number	Frequency	Duplex mode	Bandwidth
5	850MHz	FDD	– 2x5MHz (primary config) – 2x3MHz – 2x10MHz (read notes below)
38	2600MHz	TDD	20MHz
40	2300MHz	TDD	*20MHz/10MHz

*20MHz is unifi’s primary B40 carrier, 10MHz is unifi’s secondary B40 carrier.

unifi’s B40 has 4×4 MIMO support (at certain places?).

Note that unifi’s B38 is only available in small number of places throughout Malaysia.

Note that unifi also uses either of these 3 configs for each of their B5 sites:

• 2x5MHz only
• 2x5MHz + 2x3MHz
• 2x10MHz only (unifi will eventually convert all B5 sites to this)

unifi looovvveeesss to priortise band 40 over band 5, even if band 5-only tower is way closer than the user compared to band 40 tower.

Maxis 4G MOCN

• unifi mobile users can access Maxis’s network outside unifi’s own 4G coverage via MOCN and domestic roaming.
• unifi users can connect to all of Maxis 4G LTE bands (1/3/7/8) just fine.
• unifi Air users are blocked from accessing Maxis’s network.
• It is known that speeds while on Maxis’s network is capped to 80Mbps.

VoLTE/VoWiFi support

• Yes (only for Unifi Mobile SIMs)
• Unifi Air SIMs aren’t provisioned with VoLTE/voice support as it is a data-only plan.
• Unifi is more friendly in terms of VoLTE support, so theoretically any phone with VoLTE support should work with unifi Mobile (some devices might need to do some trickery like changing MBN files, editing system files, etc).
• They have a list of devices which has native/built-in VoLTE support for their network
• VoWiFi (Voice over WiFi) is in testing phase on certain prepaid/postpaid lines with various devices are supported.

APN settings:

• Name: unifi
• APN: unifi
• APN type: default
• APN protocol: IPv4/IPv6

Notes:

• Call forwarding & voicemail is not supported (yet)
• Unifi Air SIMs seems to have lower network priority than Unifi Mobile prepaid/postpaid SIMs.
• Unifi supports Google Play Direct Carrier Billing (except Unifi Air SIMs).

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Technical details of Unifi’s Mobile network:

LTE eNB pattern:

Unifi Mobile/Air uses 6-digit & 4-digit LTE eNB numbering. 4 digit numbering mostly applies to towers inside TM’s Exchange (ibusawat). 6-digit is used nationwide.

For 6-digit eNB numbering, first & second digits denotes region as per below:

First & second digit eNB	Region (state/federal territories)
11xxxx	Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya
12xxxx	Selangor
13xxxx	Negeri Sembilan
21xxxx	Penang
22xxxx/28xxxx	Perak
23xxxx/27xxxx	Kedah
24xxxx/26xxxx	Perlis
31xxxx	Johor
32xxxx	Malacca
41xxxx/49xxxx	Pahang
42xxxx/48xxxx	Terengganu
43xxxx/47xxxx	Kelantan
51xxxx/59xxxx	Labuan
52xxxx/58xxxx	Sabah
53xxxx/57xxxx	Sarawak

Data from cellmapper.net

LTE EARFCN used:

LTE Bands	EARFCNs
**5 – 850MHz	5MHz B/W: 2425 3MHz B/W: 2465 10MHz B/W: 2450
38 – 2600MHz	37900
40 – 2300MHz	*39350/39494

*39350 is unifi’s primary B40 carrier, 39494 is unifi’s secondary B40 carrier. **B5 with 5MHz B/W is unifi’s primary B5 carrier, B5 with 3MHz B/W (on some sites) is unifi’s secondary B5 carrier. In some places single 10MHz is used instead.

LTE sector (LCID) number pattern:

• Very useful if your device doesn’t support band reading but does support sector (LCID) reading.

LTE bands	Sector/LCID number
5 – 850MHz	5MHz B/W: 0/1/2/11/12/13 3MHz B/W: 71/72/73 10MHz B/W: 11/12/13
38 – 2600MHz	20/21/22
40 – 2300MHz	31/32/33/34/35/36

Known LTE+/4G+ Carrier Aggergation combos:

CA combos	Frequency used	CA type	Total Bandwidth
40 + 40 (CA_40C)	2300MHz + 2300MHz	Intraband	30MHz
5 + 40 + 40 (CA_5A_40C)	850MHz + 2300MHz + 2300MHz	Interband	35MHz
5 + 40 (CA_5A_40A)	850MHz + 2300MHz	Interband	25MHz

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Sources used: CellMapper/Halberd Bastion/my own findings