Malaysia's wholesale 5G operator, Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), has refuted claims made in a news report on Friday that negotiations with mobile operators to acquire equity stakes in DNB have collapsed, citing an alleged lack of internal transparency as a contributing factor.
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