AWS will act as CelcomDigi's key cloud provider to better serve over 20 million customers.

Vikram Rao, director of Amazon Web Services, said: “The telco-tech industry is undergoing a transformative shift, characterised by the rapid adoption of cloud technologies and AI and data-driven innovation.

“AWS is proud to support CelcomDigi in our joint commitment to advance Malaysia’s digital transformation and deliver high-quality customer experiences with AI.

“With the AWS Malaysia Region, CelcomDigi can build and run applications with enhanced resiliency and security, lower latency, and local data residency, further accelerating their ability to serve growing digital needs and expand their user base.”

Datuk Idham Nawawi, CelcomDigi’s CEO, says: “With CelcomDigi serving as the nation’s digital growth engine, our collaboration with AWS is anchored by a shared commitment to drive innovation and support Malaysia’s transformation into a 5G-AI powered digital society.”

CelcomDigi will migrate close to 90 per cent of its workloads, comprising a wide variety of mission-critical applications – including customer relationship management and enterprise resource planning - to AWS over the next five years.

Since 2006, Amazon Web Services has been the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud.