News & Reviews:   Celcom

Just yesterday, we reported that some local telcos including U Mobile, Celcom and Maxis were fined by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) for having fake prepaid SIM card registration. In responding to the matter, Celcom has reached out to us with an official statement below.

Today, we saw an interesting tweet from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) about fake prepaid SIM card registration. Apparently, these fake prepaid SIM cards came from U Mobile, Celcom, Tune Talk, Maxis, YTL Communications and Tone Plus without verifying user information. 

No online services can boast of never experiencing disruptions. But when it comes to one as important as our mobile network, we tend to hope it never goes down. Unfortunately, that's what happened to Celcom users today, who have started complaining about network issues since the afternoon.

Just earlier this month, Opensignal named U Mobile as one of the most improved global networks in the Mobile Network Experience Global Awards (which most of you still can't believe, lol). With that, we wondered if the orange telco has shifted their position or not if compared with the other local telcos. Well, wonder no more - we now have the Malaysia Mobile Network Experience Report by Opensignal as of September 2020.

Next Monday, our country celebrates its 63rd year of independence. As you would expect, companies are already pushing out promos and campaigns to celebrate, including Xiaomi and OPPO. Joining the party is Celcom with its 63MILANG Deals, which will have great deals for smartphones.

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.