For Malaysian businesses weighing how to put 5G and AI to work, U Mobile is building a shared space to test ideas, and it has just lined up an advisory panel to help steer it.
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What the Enterprise Innovation Platform is
On 6 July 2026, U Mobile said it has established an advisory panel for its Enterprise Innovation Platform (EIP), ahead of the platform’s official launch later in the month. The EIP is described as an open innovation environment that connects enterprises, technology providers, startups, academia and ecosystem partners to explore, test and develop solutions on U Mobile’s ULTRA5G network, with artificial intelligence in the mix.
The inaugural panel brings together four Malaysian figures whose expertise spans AI, SME development, smart cities and data management:
- Dr Chin Chee Seong, National President of the SME Association of Malaysia
- Ts. Dr Raslan Ahmad, Chairman of the Malaysia Smart City Alliance Association (MSCA)
- Datin Dr Ts. Habsah Nordin, President of the Data Management Association (DAMA) Malaysia Chapter
- Ts. Tan Aik Keong, Founding Member of Konsortium AI Negara (KAIN)
Their brief is to advise on priority innovation areas, emerging enterprise needs and commercially relevant use cases, helping move projects from pilots toward real-world deployment.
Why it matters
U Mobile positions itself as Malaysia’s newest 5G network provider, and the EIP is part of a push to make its network useful to businesses beyond basic connectivity. Pulling in SME, smart-city, data and AI voices is a bet that the harder part of enterprise 5G is not the network itself, but finding practical use cases that companies will actually adopt.
Woon Ooi Yuen, Chief Technology Officer of U Mobile, said the platform aims to create "an environment where enterprises, technology providers, startups and academia can come together to explore new ideas." The advisory members echoed that framing from their own fields, from smart cities and data governance to Malaysia’s national AI push, pointing to 5G as the connectivity layer as AI moves into physical, real-time applications.
What is next
U Mobile said further details on the EIP, its upcoming initiatives and participating ecosystem partners will be announced closer to the official launch in July 2026.
For enterprises and SMEs curious about 5G and AI but unsure where to start, the EIP is shaping up as U Mobile’s front door, and the advisory panel is a signal that it wants industry, not just the telco, shaping what gets built.