Our coverage on the Baraka-DiGi fallout caught the attention of one very interesting reader – the CEO of Baraka Telecoms, Ishsal Ishak.

We wrote that the mutually terminated agreement with DiGi was a sign that the Islamic telco would not be making a debut in the local Market. But Ishsal claims otherwise, saying that Baraka is looking at a different approach and is “reconsidering the MVNO business in Malaysia” and the role that the company wants to play in the local telco industry.

In the comment Ishsal added that Baraka is currently in talks with “a number of parties at the moment” to partner with to launch its mobile services; but the CEO tells us that it is too soon to divulge any details.

Though Ishsal did put out a timeline on when Baraka will be able to give us more details, saying that it will be around three to four weeks, “at the earliest“.

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