News & Reviews:   CelcomDigi

This week's TechNave Business Bytes for Week 4 of March 2024 news highlights Malaysia's thriving tech scene and various initiatives aimed at propelling the country towards a digital future. From attracting international partnerships to empowering local businesses, Malaysia is making significant strides in the tech and innovation landscape.

As everyone knows, you can access into almost anything online nowadays, good and bad. That's why it's kinda scary for parents to be unaware of what their children might see. With this, our Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil announced that Parental Control Tools will be offered for Malaysian parents for monitoring.

Ramadhan is just around the corner, so many of you are starting to plan for your trip back home. If you're worried about data, then CelcomDigi users can rest assured because the company will one-up last week's 333GB offer with a 444GB deal.

Opensignal's latest Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2024 report has some interesting key findings on Malaysia's telco 5G operations. According to the report, all six of Malaysia’s national operators are listed in the Global Rising Stars for Download Speed Experience. 

CelcomDigi has announced that it is back with its 3.3 Online Sale, which offers its customers some exclusive Prepaid, Postpaid and Device deals. These include 333GB of data at just RM6, the Samsung Galaxy A34 5G at just RM899 and more from now until 7 March.

Today, CelcomDigi announced its new lineup of CelcomDigi Prepaid 5G plans. Like the CelcomDigi Postpaid plans, the new prepaid plans have both 5G and 4G connectivity and will launch on 1 March 2024. 

To enhance mobile connectivity further in Malaysia, CelcomDigi Berhad and U Mobile Sdn Bhd have announced a partnership agreement. With this initiative, both telcos will be sharing a total of 100 Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN) sites across Malaysia, with each party committing to 50 sites each.

Looks like things in Hulu Kelang are going to turn for the better. Recently, CelcomDigi signed an MoU with MPAJ (Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya). So, what should you know about it?

According to the latest IPSOS report, 76% of Malaysians have encountered and been targeted by scams at one point in their lives; records from the National Scam Response Centre (NSRC) reported that over RM1.34 billion was lost to scammers in 2023. To counter this, CelcomDigi Berhad (CelcomDigi) is launching a Scam Awareness Survey. So, what should you know about it?

Previously, we wrote about how Celcom and Digi have finally removed the 5G Booster charging fee on their platforms. However, that didn't really turn out to be the case for lower-tier plans such as Digi 40 and Xpax Postpaid 60. So over the weekend, CelcomDigi has silently removed the 5G fee on those plans.