U Mobile: the network, its own 5G and the DNB exit

U Mobile is one of Malaysia's three mobile networks. It runs its own 5G network, and its own pages date its move off the shared network, Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB).

Runs its own 5G network
Left the shared network, DNB, on 1 July 2026
ULTRA5G
95% population coverage, its page says

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The short answer

U Mobile is one of Malaysia's three mobile networks. It runs its own 5G network, ULTRA5G, and its newsroom says it left the shared network, Digital Nasional Berhad, on 1 July 2026, completing its move to its own network. Its network page puts population coverage at 95%. The plans on this site run on U Mobile, named before you pay.

Checked October 2, 2026

U Mobile at a glance

The company
U Mobile is U Mobile Sdn Bhd, the name on the copyright line of its pages; its consumer site carries postpaid and prepaid lines, devices and wireless broadband.
Its own 5G network
Its newsroom says the government selected it for the country's second 5G network, and that it left the shared network, DNB, on 1 July 2026, completing its move to its own network.
Coverage
Its network page puts population coverage at 95% nationwide with more than 10,000 4G sites; its July 2026 update counts more than 85% of populated areas on its own 5G rollout.

What this means for your eSIM (U Mobile)

The plans on this site run on U Mobile. Once it connects, U Mobile appears next to the eSIM line in your phone’s settings.

The company (U Mobile)

U Mobile is U Mobile Sdn Bhd, the name on the copyright line of its pages. Its consumer site carries postpaid and prepaid lines, devices and wireless broadband.

Its own 5G network

U Mobile’s newsroom records the timeline: the government selected it for the country’s second 5G network in November 2024, its own rollout began in July 2025, and it left the shared network, Digital Nasional Berhad, on 1 July 2026, completing its move to its own network, ULTRA5G. Its network page puts population coverage at 95% nationwide, with more than 10,000 4G sites, and its July 2026 update counts more than 85% of populated areas on its own 5G network.

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Questions

Does U Mobile run its own 5G network?

Yes. Its newsroom says U Mobile completed the migration to its own nationwide ULTRA5G network, after leaving the shared network, Digital Nasional Berhad, on 1 July 2026.