News & Reviews:   free data

Today, our Prime Minister Muhyiddin has officially announced PEMULIH which is a new financial assistance scheme in this pandemic period. The target groups are those in the B40 (lower-income side) and M40 (middle-income) groups. Among the many highlights, here's what we learn about the tech side.

As you may know, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has announced that Malaysians will continue to get free data daily. Digi has confirmed that all its customers will get 1GB of data daily till 31 July 2021.

Now that another movement control order (MCO) is in place, all of us are going to be stuck at home for another two weeks, or maybe even more. We need to be able to stay connected to the Internet in that duration, but not everyone has broadband. With that in mind, YES will be giving away free data again.

Maxis has decided to give its customers some extra value during the movement control order (MCO). The telco company announced that all Malaysians will get to access selected news sites for free during this time. Now, it's also giving all its customers some extra data to use while being stuck at home.

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.

Customers of Xpax can claim 1GB of free mobile data whenever they reload RM10 or more just by dialing *118*1*6# performing a reload. Since all prepaid plans and reloads are exempted from SST, you will be getting the exact value of the reload with no hidden charges involved. However do take note that the 1GB of free data is only valid for 24 hours from the start of the redemption.