News & Reviews:   U Mobile Malaysia

As mentioned earlier yesterday, U Mobile have updated their Hero Postpaid P70 plan. So on top of unlimited calls to all networks, you can now get 15GB of high-speed Internet, all for the same pricing of RM70 per month. As before, this promotion is open to new and existing Hero Postpaid plan subscribers up until 30 June 2016. If you're already on the plan lucky you, the update is automatic, but if you're new you will have to sign up and do some registration.

While you get unlimited calls to all networks, SMS is pay-as-you-use at 3 sen per SMS for U Mobile users and 8 sen per SMS to other networks. Bear in mind though that so far, the extra 8GB of data (7GB + 8GB = 15GB) is still set for just 30 June 2016, but U Mobile could extend this period if demand increases. Check out our other U Mobile telco plans as well but for more information about this check out the main site.

Upping the ante again, U Mobile may be increasing their Hero Postpaid plan's data from 7GB to 15GB with unlimited calls for just RM70 a month. The promotion starts on 15 March 2016 with the extra 8GB of data being offered until 30 June 2016. This does mean that after 3 months and a half, the data will go back to 7GB but it should some good news to existing and new Hero Postpaid customers. The news comes courtesy of Jasmine Lee, U Mobile's CMO and so far isn't updated on the official site just yet but we should know for sure tomorrow.

Hey U Mobile users, you are all getting a free 1GB from the company as a year end bonus! Yes that’s right, F-R-E-E. No cost, free of charge, and you don’t even need to do anything at all.

But hold your horses, there are some requirements though...

Maxis has made a surprise move by inviting both Digi and Celcom to have a discussion on setting the industry standards for 4G LTE. 23 November 2015 will be the date and Maxis hopes that the three telco giants can have a meaningful meeting to allow them to determine how to measure coverage in various territories. Maxis also claims they only want to provide what’s best for their customers and “have a fair basis for choosing”.

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 

U Mobile recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ZTE Corporation to drive the development of pre-5G and future implementation of 5G mobile network technologies here in Malaysia. While it will likely be a while yet till 5G actually gets implemented, pre-5G tech could get implemented first and even then pre-5G can offer speeds of up to 10x the current 4G LTE networks. When it does come in though, 5G networks are expected to hit peak download speeds of up to 20Gbps (LTE-A is currently 1Gbps). No specific dates when we might see pre-5G or 5G networks in U Mobile yet but here's what they had to say about it:

“U Mobile is constantly exploring new technology that will provide best in class users experience to our customers. We see 5G technology as the technology that would support the ever increasing communication needs of the future. The collaboration with ZTE will also support our government’s vision of being a Smart Digital Nation by 2020.” Too Tian Jen, Chief Technology Officer, U Mobile Sdn Bhd

“ZTE is delighted to work on 5G technologies with U Mobile, the leader in network innovations in Malaysia. ZTE is making major investments in 5G to lead the industry in the research and standardization of this key technology of the future” Steven Ge, Managing Director of ZTE Malaysia

U Mobile recently showed off their new #GetClever prepaid and postpaid plans specifically for mobile Internet. These include new Unlimited Mobile Internet (UMI) or UMI 20, UMI 30 and UMI 50 for prepaid plans along with new Unlimited P50 and P70 for postpaid plans. The addition sees the removal of the UMI 18 plan but the UMI 20 plan doubles the data quota to 500MB from 250MB, an increase which can be seen for all of the new plans. The old UMI 38 prepaid plan and U28 post-paid plan remains the same though. In addition, you can also accumulate unused free calls. Check out the pictures below for more details or go to the U Mobile site for more information.

U Mobile has just achieved its target of 2 million new subscribers under its Vision2million campaign. The carrier had kicked off this ambitious campaign back in September and promised to give out freebies like free on-network calls and Internet surfing if it achieved the goal by the year end. The campaign was announced just after the carrier said that it would expand into 2000 new 3G and 4G LTE sites by 2015. The company had initially planned to offer these freebies on the New Year's Day. However as it reached the goal early, U Mobile is offering free calls and Internet surfing on 18 December 2014. The freebies start at 12AM and end at 11:59PM on the above date. The free calls are only applicable when made on the same network while Internet surfing has no restrictions. This offer is applicable to all active prepaid, postpaid and broadband customers of U Mobile. The company has a comprehensive list of FAQs on their website specifically regarding this Vision2million promotion. Head over to their website for more details.