U Mobile recently announced that they have completed the 1st phase of their 4G LTE expansion 3 months ahead of schedule. This means more sites with 75Mbps U Mobile 4G LTE coverage in Malaysia across the Klang Valley, Putrajaya, Seremban, Port Dickson and Johor. Far from resting on their laurels, they also announced future expansion plans of 5000 new sites for Malaysia in the coming 5 years and 1000 new 3G sites in Malaysia by the end of the year. New technologies being worked on include pre-5G with Huawei, VoLTE (Voice-over LTE) and IMS. In tandem with these plans, U Mobile recently launched new plans with the HERO Postpaid P70 that offers 7GB of data for RM70 a month and the POWER Prepaid pack offering 1GB of free data every month for life. Here's what they had to say about it all:
"U Mobile is a data centric telco. 70% of U Mobile's customers are smartphone users, hence we want them to have the best Internet and data experience in terms of speed and quality. We also believe in giving our customer the best value possible and we do so by offering our customers thebest mobile plans in the market today. U Mobile believe that the demand for smartphones and data will keep increasing. Hence, we will continue our network expansion plans by rolling out 5000 new site over the next 5 years. This roadmap is part of U Mobile's integrated strategy to maintain our leadership as the telco with the best overall customer experience." Too Tian Jen, U Mobile Chief Technology Officer
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