News & Reviews:   Celcom

Last night, all eyes were on the new ASUS and Lenovo gaming smartphones but it seems that Celcom have updated their MEGA plans silently. From their website, the blue telco's MEGA plans got a major upgrade and every Celcom postpaid users now have more Internet data pool than ever. 

Update: According to Celcom, it seems that the network servers are back to normal. They said the users will have to restart their devices so that the signal can be refreshed. If your Celcom, Tune Talk and Xpax network is still not working, kindly pm them for assistance. 

If you are a Celcom user and is experiencing a bad signal connection now, you're not alone. Celcom have just confirmed that their network is experiencing some server issues. Interestingly, Yoodo is not affected by this even though they are riding on Celcom's network but those who are using Tune Talk and Xpax are also affected.

Starting 1 April 2020, Malaysian telcos began to provide users with 1GB of data daily. Although that free data could be used for anything at the time, it only applied from 8 AM to 6 PM each day. Now, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has announced that the free 1GB will apply for the entire day.

Welcome back TechNavers! For this edition of TechNave NewsBytes 2020 #15 we have Samsung about their TV innovations through the years, Huawei got 8 awards for their networking prowess and Shopee is going to be holding a Live Kpop Fest… online. Celcom rewarded their Game Hero finalists, Maxis rewarded their eKelas and Digi is offering SMEs another online option via their MyDigi Bazaar.

Intel announced their Hybrid processors, HP donated laptops, Yoodo’s Gank team got into the Malaysia Book of Records, Fitbit has some Father’s day deals and Shell has some promotions on their cashless payment options. edotco is offering job opportunities, Micron is planning a UV robot fest and Kaspersky has some GReAT ideas. 

Nokia did a survey on 5G, eGG are doing the NBA 2K League and Snap announced some Snap Partner Summit highlights. Grab announced their Grab for Good report while for this issue of TechNave, the Special comes from unifi with tips to improve your home wifi performance. Check them out.

Within a week, Maxis came under fire by the Internet for not being transparent in their latest Hotlink prepaid offering. Now it's Celcom's turn and they quietly released their own Unlimited Prepaid plans. According to their website, there are 2 plans which are the Unlimited 7 days and Unlimited 30 days for RM12 and RM35 respectively, as well as the new Ultra Hour Pass Unlimited Internet Pass. 

With an end to the COVID-19 pandemic nowhere in sight, our country has to make an effort to bring things back to normal to ensure our economy doesn't deteriorate. Many companies are finding ways to help and for telcos, it's mostly free internet. to find new ways to contribute. To that end, telco operators based in Malaysia will continue to provide certain industries with free internet.

TechNave NewsBytes 2020 #12 - Maxis Hari Raya, Celcom, Samsung Tips, Digi CXO, Google AR in Search, Shopee, HP Foundation, Micron, Kaspersky, Epson, Fave + Facebook, Snapchat, 5 ways Huawei P40, Boost, AMD, Special: LG OLED TV and Netflix

TechNave NewsBytes 2020 #11 - Celcom, FB+IG for SMEs, Sony HT-G700, Stamp&Go, SOCAR, iSynergy, Zoom 5.0, Mindvalley, Netflix, Kaspersky, Tune Protect, Yoodo Gank, MLBB, Forkwell.io, Huawei Cloud AI, Xiaomi YoY, YTL, Special: Samsung Galaxy - How to Learn

TechNave Newsbytes 2020 #10 - Samsung Q1, realme achievements, AMD EPYC, LG Q1, Z Flip, i9-10900K, Grab, TikTok, Astro Go Shop, #TETAPBUKA, Facebook, KKMM, PMPL SEA S1, Joox, Runeterra, Kaspersky, Poly Studio X, Special: At Home with Galaxy

Opensignal is back with another Mobile Network Experience Report, this time analysing the user experience for Malaysians when it comes to mobile networks in the country. The report covers all major mobile network operators in Malaysia including Celcom, Digi, Maxis, U-Mobile, Unifi, and Yes. It also analyses the experiences of users across 14 different regions in Malaysia.