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Today, Maxis just announced a new promotion for the front liners in the healthcare industry. According to their press release, over 86 public and private hospitals across the nation are granted with free access for Hotlink Postpaid 60 plan for three months. Each activated SIM card comes with 10GB data, plus free 10GB for YouTube, and unlimited calls and SMS to all networks.

This week, there was a rumour going around online about a possible unlimited Hotlink package plan. Today, Maxis have just confirmed with us today that this is indeed true and it's called the Hotlink Prepaid Unlimited plan. As the name suggests, it offers unlimited Internet as well as unlimited network calls from as low as just RM3 per day.

Before we hit the weekend, Maxis just dropped a silent short announcement on their Maxis app that they will be offering free data to all their customers (postpaid and prepaid). However, there is a catch to this - the free data is mainly for us to stay updated with current COVID-19 news on selected websites.

Today, we were invited to check out a new 'tech spin' by Maxis. Called as RE:Collection, it is a data-driven personalised reminiscence app designed to aid elderly Malaysians with dementia that can be downloaded on the Apple and Google Play Store. On top of that, they even showcase a prototype Smart Table (promptly called as UnforgetTABLE, we are not making this up) which is capable of object recognition and brainwave analytics.

With 5G technology heading our way this year, Maxis has just announced that they have made a new record of achieving 2.96Gbps for single-user peak speeds. This was recorded at two of their trial sites in Subang Jaya recently, where they have been testing 200MHz of the 3.5GHz C-band spectrum.

Finally after a few weeks, Maxis is the latest telco to launch the Apple Watch Series 5 starting today onwards (13 December 2019). Besides that, customers will be able to also order the iPad and Apple TV 4K through Maxis Zerolution with the usual monthly instalments, zero interest rate, zero upfront payment and zero credit card. 

Streaming shows is now one of the favourite things to do during our free time. With this, Maxis has announced a new service called Maxis TV for Malaysians and it can be accessed through MyMaxis, Hotlink RED and Flex apps from just RM3/day. Now every Maxis subscribers can access their favourite movies and TV shows.

Since last November, Maxis and Gamuda signed an agreement in the provision and deployment of network infrastructure and services for twentyfive.7. This time around, both parties did another Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Maxis is to provide and deploy 5G network infrastructure and services in Gamuda Cove, which will eventually be the first 5G township when it's ready in the country.

Just last June, Maxis held an “Innovate our Tomorrow” (IoT) Challenge and gotten good responses from Penang, Kuching and Kuala Lumpur. Partnering with Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), The Challenge is the first of the many joint initiatives and designed to promote the ecosystem development of IoT solutions. Also, their eKelas programme had a drama competition but we will get to that later below. 

So say you're the head of the house and have a family of four, your children's or parents' smartphone is dying out and it's time to get to a new one. Giving them your secondhand phone sounds like a good idea, but when you think about it, the lifespan of the secondhand phone is short and you’ll have to repeat the same cycle again. There are additional risks to think about as well, using an outdated operating system leaves their digital security vulnerable. the small memory capacity also does not allow them access to all the big apps now. With this, you shouldn't compromise your family’s needs. They deserve better than a secondhand phone!

For RM48/month, MaxisONE Share could be your best solution. Having a shared line is one thing, but Maxis levelled it up further by introducing a new feature called MaxisONE Share that allows you to get a phone for each Share Line. Currently, it is the only postpaid plan with phones for supplementary lines. But does that make MaxisONE Share the perfect device sharing plan? There's only one way to find out, so read on below!