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The status recorded for “Citifon Sdn Bhd” is cancelled.

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Citifon Sdn Bhd

Sector: Advanced Electronics • Location: Malaysia

Source: World Bank Group

Project

Cancelled

Citifon was awarded a national license to operate Malaysia's third pay-phone network in 1995. The company was set up June 1994 as a partnership of Telekom Malaysia Berhad's wholly-owned subsidiary, Payphone (30%) and three local private companies: Metro Perkasa (40%), Tabung Haji (20%), and Pesumals (10%). Citifon began commercial services in 1995 when it installed more than 4,000 microchip card p

Status: Closed
Sector: Advanced Electronics, Commercial, Mass Transit, Manufacturing (Industrial), Government
Location: Malaysia
Updated: 22 Jul 2026
Source: World Bank Group

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The project “Citifon Sdn Bhd” is an infrastructure initiative in the Advanced Electronics sector, located in Malaysia. Taiyo aggregates data on it from World Bank Group.

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Original status	cancelled
Taiyo status	Closed
Taiyo last update	2026-07-22

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Description	Citifon was awarded a national license to operate Malaysia's third pay-phone network in 1995. The company was set up June 1994 as a partnership of Telekom Malaysia Berhad's wholly-owned subsidiary, Payphone (30%) and three local private companies: Metro Perkasa (40%), Tabung Haji (20%), and Pesumals (10%). Citifon began commercial services in 1995 when it installed more than 4,000 microchip card phones. In 1997, the company awarded a contract worth around US$8.6 million (FFr50 million) to Ascom Monetel (France), subsidiary of Ascom (Switzerland), for the supply of 10,000 GNT507 multi-payment payphones and 4 PMS150 regional management systems. In April 1999, majority state-owned Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TMB) entered into a conditional agreement to buy the 70% stake in the company that it did not already own, making Citifon a wholly-owned subsidiary. At the time, the company owned 20,000 pay phones across the nation.
Original sector	Information and communication technology (ICT)
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Record type	Project
Sector	Advanced Electronics, Commercial, Mass Transit, Manufacturing (Industrial), Government
Article published date	2024-06-04

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