--- title: U Mobile signs on big-name partners for neutral 5G-A sandbox - Developing Telecoms description: Malaysian 5G telco U Mobile said on Thursday it will launch a neutral sandbox for enterprises to develop 5G-Advanced use cases, and has already signed on several big-name ecosystem partners to support the project. canonical_url: https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/enterprise-ecosystems/19688-u-mobile-signs-on-big-name-partners-for-neutral-5g-a-sandbox.html language: en-GB date: 2026-01-30T04:12:30Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/enterprise-ecosystems/19688-u-mobile-signs-on-big-name-partners-for-neutral-5g-a-sandbox.html. Schema.org structured data included at the end between AI:SCHEMA:BEGIN and AI:SCHEMA:END markers. markdown-tokens: 1379 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/enterprise-ecosystems/19688-u-mobile-signs-on-big-name-partners-for-neutral-5g-a-sandbox.html. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Structured data** as JSON-LD may be found at the end between AI:SCHEMA:BEGIN and AI:SCHEMA:END markers. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. Malaysian 5G telco U Mobile said on Thursday it will launch a neutral sandbox for enterprises to develop 5G-Advanced use cases, and has already signed on several big-name ecosystem partners to support the project. U Mobile said the Enterprise Innovation Platform (EIP) aims to provide an agnostic environment for enterprises, SMEs, start-ups, academia and public sector agencies to develop and commercialise their 5G-A use cases, proofs-of-concepts and pilot projects. A physical EIP Hub and sandbox – slated to launch in July 2026 – will feature an integrated innovation sandbox with 5G-A, cloud and edge access, IoT device lab, private network zones and live demo zones, and variety of tools such as network slicing simulators, digital twin environments and AR/VR toolkits to ensure innovation solutions or test cases are validated and deployable in a real-world environment. U Mobile said that Amazon Web Services (AWS), Huawei Malaysia, Palo Alto Networks and Qualcomm have signed on to EIP as anchor partners, providing foundational technologies and core capabilities that support the EIP Hub and sandbox environment. Meanwhile, Braintree Technologies, China Mobile International, Meraque Group and ZTE Malaysia are onboard as technology partners, bringing applied tools and vertical expertise to advance the development and validation of enterprise use cases. U Mobile CTO Woon Ooi Yuen said that while the EIP Hub will be powered by the telco’s ULTRA5G network, the hub itself will be neutral and open to anyone, not just U Mobile customers. “The partners we introduced today, who are global and local technology leaders in their own right, represent just the start and the list is expected to grow to meet evolving innovation needs,” he said in a statement. ```json { "@context": "http:\/\/schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Article", "author": { "@id": "https:\/\/www.newsite.developingtelecoms.com\/#john_tanner_b807895845" }, "dateModified": "2026-01-30T04:12:30Z", "datePublished": "2026-01-30T04:12:00Z", "description": "Malaysian 5G telco U Mobile said on Thursday it will launch a neutral sandbox for enterprises to develop 5G-Advanced use cases, and has already signed on several big-name ecosystem partners to support the project.", "headline": "U Mobile signs on big-name partners for neutral 5G-A sandbox", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https:\/\/developingtelecoms.com\/images\/stories\/NewsPix\/U_Mobile_EIP_sandbox_1200.jpg", "caption": "From Left: Olta Alushi, Technology Leader of Amazon Web Services; Arif Makhdzir, CEO of Braintree Technologies; Fu Li, MD of China Mobile International Malaysia; Zac Chow, Deputy CEO of Huawei Malaysia; Woon Ooi Yuen, CTO of U Mobile; Wong Heang Tuck, CEO of U Mobile; Kenneth Chang, Deputy CEO of U Mobile; Junaida Abdullah, Head of Enterprise Innovation Platform of U Mobile; Suria Affandi, COO of Meraque Group; Sarene Lee, Country Director of Palo Alto Networks; Tee Kai Ping, Director of Technical Marketing Southeast Asia, Qualcomm; and Steven Ge, MD of ZTE Malaysia", "description": "U Mobile signs on big-name partners for neutral 5G-A sandbox", "width": 1199, "height": 900 } ], "inLanguage": "en-GB", "mainEntityOfPage": { "@type": "WebPage", "url": "https:\/\/www.newsite.developingtelecoms.com\/telecom-technology\/enterprise-ecosystems\/19688-u-mobile-signs-on-big-name-partners-for-neutral-5g-a-sandbox.html" }, "publisher": { "@id": "https:\/\/www.newsite.developingtelecoms.com\/#defaultPublisher" }, "url": "https:\/\/www.newsite.developingtelecoms.com\/telecom-technology\/enterprise-ecosystems\/19688-u-mobile-signs-on-big-name-partners-for-neutral-5g-a-sandbox.html" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Tanner", "@id": "https:\/\/www.newsite.developingtelecoms.com\/#john_tanner_b807895845" }, { "@id": "https:\/\/www.newsite.developingtelecoms.com\/#defaultPublisher", "@type": "Organization", "url": "https:\/\/www.newsite.developingtelecoms.com\/", "logo": { "@id": "https:\/\/www.newsite.developingtelecoms.com\/#defaultLogo" }, "name": "Developing Telecoms" }, { "@id": "https:\/\/www.newsite.developingtelecoms.com\/#defaultLogo", "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https:\/\/developingtelecoms.com\/images\/stories\/highResLogos\/dt-site-logo-440.png", "width": "440", "height": "122" } ] } ```