Network exposure grid ASEAN GeoAI Fusion 2026

Where Jendela 2's first 1,000 sites should go

By Noorazmi Abdul Aziz, AGA TOUCH. 24 September 2026

MCMC has split the first batch of Jendela 2 — 1,000 new sites, the opening tranche of 2,700 — by region: 35.2% to Sabah, 33.7% to Sarawak and 31.1% to the Peninsula. No site list has been published. We ranked all 7,748 polling districts by how many people live without 4G, weighted by flood and landslide exposure, and asked where the worst of them are.

Sabah's share of the people in the 1,000 worst-covered districts
42% against 35.2% of MCMC's sites
Of the 100 worst districts, in Sabah, Labuan or Sarawak
91 9 in the Peninsula
Batch 1 allocation
RM780m Budget 2026, work from Q3 2026

MCMC's split against where the need is

On a count of districts the batch is close to fair: of the 1,000 worst, 31% are in Sabah, 30% in Sarawak and 39% in the Peninsula. Weighted by the people living in them, Sabah's districts are larger and its share rises to 42%, while the Peninsula's falls to 27%. Narrow the view to the very worst and the gap widens.

Worst 1,000 districts, EXTEND score 711 and above
RegionMCMC sitesDistrictsPeople
Sabah35.2%31%42%
Sarawak33.7%30%31%
Peninsular Malaysia31.1%39%27%

What the split means for sequencing

91 of the 100 worst-covered districts are in Borneo and 9 are in the Peninsula. MCMC's regional quota sends 311 of the 1,000 sites to the Peninsula. That is defensible across the whole batch, but it only reaches the worst districts first if MCMC builds in order of severity rather than filling each region's quota in parallel. The ranking below is that order.

The 100 worst districts

Ranked by EXTEND: people in the part of the district without 4G, weighted by flood and landslide risk. Open a state in the state explorer to see any of them on the map.

#DistrictNo 4GPeopleEXTEND
1 LOPENG SENADIN, MIRI, Sarawak 54% 60,000 58,926
2 KUALA BARAM SENADIN, MIRI, Sarawak 33% 99,160 58,489
3 SILAM SILAM, LAHAD DATU, Sabah 85% 46,279 53,987
4 FELDA SAHABAT TUNGKU, LAHAD DATU, Sabah 56% 58,289 47,090
5 SIBIEW SIMILAJAU SAMALAJU, BINTULU, Sarawak 42% 52,302 34,739
6 KALABAKAN SEBATIK, KALABAKAN, Sabah 54% 40,955 32,630
7 BUANG SAYANG LAMAG, KINABATANGAN, Sabah 47% 47,156 26,350
8 SARUDUNG LAUT SEBATIK, KALABAKAN, Sabah 85% 20,937 25,300
9 NABOR MARUDI, BARAM, Sarawak 70% 16,443 18,907
10 SUKAU SUKAU, KINABATANGAN, Sabah 42% 25,831 18,377
11 BELAGA BELAGA, HULU RAJANG, Sarawak 96% 13,513 18,108
12 LONG MURUM MURUM, HULU RAJANG, Sarawak 99% 11,679 17,331
13 LUAGAN LIAWAN, KENINGAU, Sabah 52% 16,649 16,177
14 MADAI KUNAK, LAHAD DATU, Sabah 36% 31,541 15,692
15 SUAI SAMALAJU, BINTULU, Sarawak 45% 18,689 14,894
16 ULU TUNGKU TUNGKU, LAHAD DATU, Sabah 86% 13,492 14,863
17 TENGAH NIPAH SEGAMA, LAHAD DATU, Sabah 42% 26,321 14,688
18 BOMBALAI MEROTAI, KALABAKAN, Sabah 16% 63,164 14,271
19 KUAMUT KUAMUT, KINABATANGAN, Sabah 94% 11,189 13,763
20 SEKONG SEKONG, BATU SAPI, Sabah 39% 17,473 13,254
21 TUBAU MURUM, HULU RAJANG, Sarawak 86% 10,102 13,044
22 GUM-GUM GUM-GUM, LIBARAN, Sabah 23% 34,734 13,012
23 LAMAG LAMAG, KINABATANGAN, Sabah 76% 13,848 12,632
24 LONG BUSANG BELAGA, HULU RAJANG, Sarawak 100% 6,965 11,743
25 MERIRAI BALEH, HULU RAJANG, Sarawak 99% 6,782 11,713
26 KARAMUAK KUAMUT, KINABATANGAN, Sabah 86% 7,767 11,663
27 LIHAK-LIHAK BUGAYA, SEMPORNA, Sabah 41% 17,014 11,650
28 PANGAPUYAN BANDAU, KOTA MARUDU, Sabah 72% 9,403 11,428
29 ANDRASSY BALUNG, TAWAU, Sabah 63% 12,662 11,335
30 SILABUKAN TUNGKU, LAHAD DATU, Sabah 55% 15,366 11,200
31 ASAP MURUM, HULU RAJANG, Sarawak 85% 7,269 10,727
32 BELADIN BETING MARO, BATANG LUPAR, Sarawak 54% 12,848 10,715
33 JALONG TIMOR JALONG, SUNGAI SIPUT, Perak 82% 6,944 10,534
34 MENAWO TULID, PENSIANGAN, Sabah 67% 11,738 10,499
35 PARIS SUKAU, KINABATANGAN, Sabah 31% 27,093 10,406
36 WONOD TELUPID, BELURAN, Sabah 72% 8,247 10,155
37 15-166-0-6 , , Labuan 100% 5,043 10,086
38 HULU SUAI KEMENA, BINTULU, Sarawak 63% 8,776 10,064
39 15-166-0-10 , , Labuan 100% 5,055 9,928
40 MOYOG MOYOG, PENAMPANG, Sabah 65% 9,773 9,728
41 BAKO DEMAK LAUT, SANTUBONG, Sarawak 51% 10,943 9,635
42 PANDEWAN NABAWAN, PENSIANGAN, Sabah 57% 11,717 8,967
43 JAYA BAKTI GUM-GUM, LIBARAN, Sabah 27% 18,432 8,884
44 SUAN LAMBA SUKAU, KINABATANGAN, Sabah 32% 20,312 8,791
45 MELUGU BUKIT BEGUNAN, SRI AMAN, Sarawak 50% 9,519 8,626
46 SELANGAU TAMIN, SELANGAU, Sarawak 83% 6,308 8,491
47 TONGOD KUAMUT, KINABATANGAN, Sabah 64% 8,812 8,476
48 LONG SEMUTUT BELAGA, HULU RAJANG, Sarawak 90% 5,812 8,393
49 ANNAU KAKUS, SELANGAU, Sarawak 46% 11,259 8,354
50 KINABUTAN BESAR BALUNG, TAWAU, Sabah 25% 26,831 8,250
51 KUALA MATU JEMORENG, IGAN, Sarawak 59% 8,755 8,250
52 BUKIT QUOIN BALUNG, TAWAU, Sabah 26% 20,260 8,243
53 LUBONG TAMBUNAN, KENINGAU, Sabah 64% 8,394 8,028
54 FELDA SUNGAI CHIKU 2 PALOH, GUA MUSANG, Kelantan 79% 6,007 7,989
55 RAJANG KUALA RAJANG, TANJONG MANIS, Sarawak 44% 9,252 7,828
56 MASAUM KUAMUT, KINABATANGAN, Sabah 83% 7,496 7,789
57 INDERASABAH APAS, TAWAU, Sabah 36% 13,894 7,553
58 SIMPANGAN BONGAWAN, KIMANIS, Sabah 40% 9,921 7,494
59 PAUS PAGINATAN, RANAU, Sabah 86% 5,532 7,408
60 NABAWAN NABAWAN, PENSIANGAN, Sabah 35% 16,755 7,396
61 RASSAU BAWANG ASSAN, SIBU, Sarawak 55% 8,363 7,374
62 BILIT SUKAU, KINABATANGAN, Sabah 59% 6,845 7,357
63 KUALA SAPETANG KUALA SEPETANG, BUKIT GANTANG, Perak 74% 6,196 7,268
64 SAAI SEMOP, TANJONG MANIS, Sarawak 68% 6,645 7,250
65 BAGAN TEO CHEW SELAT KLANG, KAPAR, Selangor 57% 6,995 7,186
66 KAWASAN POLIS HUTAN HULU KINTA, TAMBUN, Perak 23% 22,185 7,158
67 CHEROH BATU TALAM, RAUB, Pahang 85% 4,859 7,146
68 SEBERANG KUALA RAJANG, TANJONG MANIS, Sarawak 42% 8,586 7,028
69 KALANG MELALAP, TENOM, Sabah 42% 9,729 6,893
70 PENGALAYAN MARUDI, BARAM, Sarawak 68% 6,194 6,831
71 SEDUAN NANGKA, SIBU, Sarawak 14% 33,248 6,808
72 SEGAN JEPAK, BINTULU, Sarawak 45% 8,987 6,804
73 KUKUANGOH BINGKOR, KENINGAU, Sabah 57% 7,604 6,790
74 KUALA KENAU SUNGAI LEMBING, PAYA BESAR, Pahang 80% 7,216 6,725
75 WIRA DAMAI SUNGAI TUA, GOMBAK, Selangor 35% 14,132 6,660
76 PATAU TAMBUNAN, KENINGAU, Sabah 65% 6,222 6,653
77 BATU PUTEH SUKAU, KINABATANGAN, Sabah 55% 8,883 6,530
78 PATIKANG LAUT LIAWAN, KENINGAU, Sabah 35% 9,862 6,526
79 TAMBISAN TUNGKU, LAHAD DATU, Sabah 72% 5,125 6,506
80 KOTA KINABATANGAN LAMAG, KINABATANGAN, Sabah 54% 8,642 6,477
81 LIOMATU MULU, BARAM, Sarawak 99% 3,654 6,464
82 LUASONG SEBATIK, KALABAKAN, Sabah 78% 6,359 6,453
83 LEMAI TAMIN, SELANGAU, Sarawak 66% 5,955 6,382
84 MARAMPONG BINGKOR, KENINGAU, Sabah 51% 9,874 6,366
85 TAMBUNAN BANDAR TAMBUNAN, KENINGAU, Sabah 43% 9,177 6,350
86 SUT PELAGUS, KAPIT, Sarawak 83% 4,473 6,289
87 SEJINGKAT DEMAK LAUT, SANTUBONG, Sarawak 15% 25,570 6,137
88 KIJANG MEROTAI, KALABAKAN, Sabah 79% 5,883 6,135
89 TUANG MUARA TUANG, KOTA SAMARAHAN, Sarawak 11% 30,788 6,119
90 INOBONG MOYOG, PENAMPANG, Sabah 17% 24,700 6,117
91 LABANG KEMENA, BINTULU, Sarawak 50% 8,033 6,093
92 SIONG TAMIN, SELANGAU, Sarawak 51% 8,332 5,930
93 KUALA JENGAI BUKIT BESI, DUNGUN, Terengganu 75% 6,309 5,926
94 LAMBIR LAMBIR, SIBUTI, Sarawak 28% 14,243 5,796
95 TANGGI NANGKA, SIBU, Sarawak 36% 11,935 5,748
96 KOKOL INANAM, SEPANGGAR, Sabah 19% 19,989 5,720
97 KATIBAS KATIBAS, KAPIT, Sarawak 87% 4,168 5,720
98 BINSULUNG SUGUT, BELURAN, Sabah 83% 4,939 5,672
99 MARAPOK TULID, PENSIANGAN, Sabah 74% 5,488 5,538
100 SEBUNGAN KEMENA, BINTULU, Sarawak 45% 8,243 5,533

Download: the worst 1,000 districts nationally (CSV), or one state's full table, such as Sabah (CSV) — swap in any state's name from its page address.

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What this does not say

  • A district is not a site. One tower can serve several small districts, and a large rural district may need more than one. This ranks where the need is, not how many towers it takes.
  • EXTEND is our scoring, not MCMC's criterion. MCMC has not published how it chose its split. The formula is on the methodology page.
  • Coverage is as of August 2025. Sites built since then are not reflected, and 5G is not in the open JENDELA tiles at all.

Sources: MCMC's batch 1 split as reported by The Edge Malaysia, 23 September 2026; 1,000-site count by Bernama, 29 August 2026. District scores: this grid, data as of 2026-07-03.