Part 1: Edotco, Fgv and prodata build the tower Part 2: Maxis and umobile do CME work (with the help of Binasat and Redtone respectively) and maintenance of the tower up to 5 years using USP fund.
Possible reason why maxis/umobile given the mcmc project
1) maxis and umobile are involved in retail side of telecommunication sector. The new telecommunication towers that are going to be built can be used to strengthen their respective signal strength in that area. If this is true, this will improve the service quality of telcos especially umobile which is planning for IPO.
2) After 5 years, USP fund can't be used for maintenance of the towers. Now, maxis and umobile need to fork out money for the maintenance (remember first five year free of charge because use USP fund). Binasat and Redtone still can get recurrent income of tower maintenance even after the end of the USP contract.
very high chance the works will eventually flow to redtone as umobile dont do installation and maintainance,and redtone had great presence at all the rural area in sabah and sarawak,chear advantage.
Nfcp1 290mil divided into 2parts. U mobile gets 33% of Part2. After paying for civil & mechanical works, cables & equipments U mobile outsource technical job to Redtone. Perhaps Redtone's job worths around 5mil? Hopefully nfcp2 will benefit Redtone more.
if u mobile outsource installation,commissioning and maintenance work..the contract value might as high as RM40-45 million.
cost to build a tower in malaysia was around RM300k,but in the case of USP project,i assume RM500k(as rural area involved higher logistic cost) ,so the tower construction portion should worth RM75 million(500k x 152),add on another RM30million(RM200k each site) for land cost,the total is estimated at RM105 million.
that means the equipment supply,installation,commissioning and maintenance(5 year) portion should worth RM185 million.
At 33%, the total value that u mobile won should around RM 60million.umobile able to purchase and supply the equipment for 50 site,which could worth RM15-20 million(assume USD75k-100k each site).
the difficult and expensive part is actually installation,optimisation and commissioning,as it involved complex technical expertise to execute..manpower cost is high as professional engineers is needed for the entire working period(12 month)..not to forgot the cost for 5 year maintenance(u mobile will outsource also)..so the portion that umobile have to outsource could worth RM40-45million.
and do not forget that,maxis will outsource all the installation and maintenance to service provider also,and binacom have the greatest chance to win contract from maxis.
however,we cant discount the possibilities that redtone might also win contract from maxis(Only for USP project),as the manpower of binacom is focus on servicing urban area,to provide service for another 102 towers in rural area(locate from johor to terengganu) might be challenging,not even mention the 5 year maintenance(how to allocate additional manpower across 7 state,with only 10-15 site per state,while remain profitable?).
in contrast to binacom,redtone is specialist in rural area,they have no issue in mobility and owned ready manpower across whole malaysia,everything is already there,thus very competitive in pricing and delivery.
however,i do not expect much from NFCP 1,even both maxis and umobile outsource all the works to redtone,the total value should not excess RM150 million.
my target is on NFCP 2 that worth RM900million-1 billion,and many more bigger project to come.
firerain. Thanks for all the infor. 1. Redtone is sub con. Out of the 40-45 mil price tag for installation, commissioning n maintenance how much will Umobile pay Redtone? 2. At what extent does Umobil outsource the installation, commissioning n maintenance work? From engineering consultancy to 100% outsourcing the price tag is very different. 3. Umobile is private co whereas Redtone is public listed co. How much of the cake does Umobile willing to share with the public.
hi monetary..the only service that umobile can provide in USP project is equipment supply..they can simply buy all the equipment needed from huawei or ericsson..but,when talking about installation,testing,network optimization,commissioning and maintenance,that is totally out of umobile expertise(in fact,all the mobile operator dont do the works by themselves,thats why we have OCK,REDTONE and BINACOM as their service provider)..so they'll outsource all the works other than equipment supply..thats for sure..just who will be picked as service provider..
thats why i feel weird that maxis and umobile had won NFCP 1,as both company will definitely outsource almost all the works to 3rd party service provider eventually..i hope MCMC or gobind singh will explain the rationale to investors..
about how much umobile willing to pay their service provder..i think you shouldn't worry much..as no service provider gonna take the jobs if it is not profitable..so there is no way umobile can keep all the profit themselves as they have to rely on 3rd party provider to deliver the project to MCMC..
Can I assume Redtobe will have less involvement in nfcp after 2020? Most microwave infrastructures will b completed after 2020 according to nfcp plan. 2021 to 2023 is mostly fiber optic cable works in urban areas which will b carried out by binacom. Of course Redtone has plenty of maintenance works to followup but eventually binacom will eat most of the cake.
sell towers?no,because no one would want to buy as the towers not profitable due to no enough population to support the utilization rate,thats why all towers will be funded by USP fund(go to read again what is USP fund in MCMC website if you dont understand the concept)
total investment under NFCP estimated at RM21.6 billion,and USP fund will contribute more than 50%.so,there is no such things that 2021 to 2023 will mostly fiber optic cable works in urban areas,thousands more towers is needed in rural area to achieve 98% coverage target,especially sabah and sarawak.
and one more thing,fiber optic installation and commissioning in within redtone core expertise also,pls click the link below
actually i think redtone will continue to consolidate between 48-57 cen range in short term,while waiting NFCP 2 and other telco project announcement,unless coming quarter result surprise me.when i say surprise,it means Net profit must above RM9 million,then we can start to expect 60 cen and above.
for me,i still waiting for the latest result.if the result is poor due to some one-off items(easiest accounting trick to drive small investors away) and lead to sharp fall,i will add more share as the future is unbeatable.if the result is fantastic and lead to sharp rise,i'll just sit back and enjoy the show.
i wont suggest people to buy more at current price based on risk and reward,but if any big fall like what happen two weeks ago reappear,then it is good time to buy and keep for next 6 month.
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Posted by firerain > 2020-02-14 15:16 | Report Abuse
0032 bad counter for trader,but good counter for investor:)