News & Reviews:   Celcom

Ookla, the global leader in mobile and broadband network intelligence has announced that Celcom Axiata Bhd (Celcom) is the recipient of the Ookla’s Speedtest Award for Best Mobile Coverage in Malaysia. The recognition was given to Celcom during the recent Ookla Speedtest Awards ceremony at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2022 in Barcelona, Spain.

Opensignal have recently announced the results for their Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2022 and Netherlands is the best place for video, South Korea is the best for gaming and has fastest average download speeds (~143 Mbps) while Denmark wins it for uploading (~20.9 Mbps). Malaysia’s telcos on the other hand managed to score with improvements in 4G Availability - Global Rising Stars but after Malaysia shut down 3G mobile connectivity last year, this isn’t entirely unexpected.

Today, Celcom just announced that it has launched its first-ever cloud gaming service. Also a first in Malaysia, this initiative by Celcom is a partnership with Radian Arc and Blacknut allowing Celcom customers to enjoy more than 400 premium cloud game titles at only RM40 per month. So how does this work?

Not everyone can afford some of the technology that we enjoy today. Despite entry-level smartphones and some broadband packages being relatively cheap, there are still people who can't put out the money for it. That could be a big reason why ZTE and Celcom teamed up to distribute them.

Due to the recent flash floods, many companies have come out to help out the victims and Celcom is the latest one. Just a few hours ago, the company just announced that those who are affected by the flood can replace their AX Router and Home Wireless Modem for free.

As many of you should know by now, the Malaysian government is planning to use Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) as a single wholesale model to distribute 5G services. At the same time, they are having second thoughts of that to allow competition and now according to Reuters, our local telcos have recommended allowing a second 5G service.

When it comes to mobile data family plans, there was no such thing as an unlimited data family plan until now. Celcom actually did it and launched Malaysia's first unlimited family plan with a ton of perks as well, so read on below if you want to find out more. 

As our economic sector is slowly reopening, Opensignal is back once again with another report on Malaysians' mobile data experience. The last report was done in April 2021 just before the lockdown, so in this latest news - the data gathered was between 1 June until 29 August 2021 based on Celcom, Digi, Maxis, U Mobile and Unifi. 

From time to time, we would publish an article comparing all the package plans offered by our four local telcos - Celcom, Digi, Maxis and U Mobile. Usually, it would be about the latest iPhones or Samsung Galaxy devices, and some special postpaid plans they would offer. This time, we will be touching on the OPPO Reno6Z 5G and Reno6 5G together. Let's get right to it. 

In conjunction with Malaysia’s 64th Merdeka anniversary, Celcom is reaching out to all Malaysians with exclusive deals that offer savings and affordability. Starting today until 30 September 2021, the blue telco is offering savings up to RM2200 for the latest iPhone models such as the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 11, iPhone XR and iPhone SE when customers sign up with Celcom’s MEGA postpaid plans.