News & Reviews:   telco

Maxis customers under the MaxisOne Plan will now receive at the minimum two times the data quota when the company executes a free upgrade exercise from 15 and 19 of November. Across the board, customers will get more data, for free.

If you are getting tired topping up your prepaid service every week due to the validity period, TuneTalk is here to the rescue. They have just introduced a new prepaid plan that is valid for a year! Better yet, it comes with 36GB of data, or around 3GB a month. 

If your calls and data service with your telco is spotty these days – don’t be too alarmed. It is mainly due to the current exercise of spectrum re-allocation between the major telecommunications companies in Malaysia. The telcos involved are Maxis, Celcom and Digi.

Is something “galactic” something that interests you? If yes, head on to Maxis right now as they are opening registration of interest for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 7 before it is officially launched in Malaysia.

Great news for Celcom subscribers who will be travelling a lot this two Muslim months of Ramadhan and Syawal – the company will be offering free unlimited data usage on Waze. This promo is available from 9 June until 8 August.

To supplement calls made with the usual cell towers, telco companies have been testing WiFi-Calling to extend their services to places where normal signals may not reach. U Mobile looks to be the first to have the feature to their customers, as they will be launching their WiFi-Calling service sometime this week.

To show support to the currently ongoing mission to capture the Thomas and Uber cup by the Malaysian shuttlers, Celcom is offering its users double the internet quota for the weekend, which we presume for users to watch the match online.  

The newest telco in town is gearing up for their official launch sometime in the middle of the year. To help with the awareness building, Webe has launched their own app called webe850; by joining in the games and contest on the app, you could stand a chance to win a one year’s worth of free data, smartphones and more.