News & Reviews:   Telekom Malaysia

As netizens, we always have to be careful of the things we can run into online. Things like scams SMS messages and phishing emails are so common these days, so it's useful to get some warning when a new wave of scams has been found. What's more, this one is a bit more local too.

Ever felt that your internet speed isn't near what it was advertised? You're probably not alone, as this is something a lot of unifi users seem to experience. An investigation into Telekom Malaysia's (TM) unifi package was launched earlier today by the MCMC, following a consumer complaint.

Telekom Malaysia (TM) has added several services under the unifi brand name in the past few years. Among them would be the unifi fibre broadband, which has a large customer base in urban areas. unifi services have always been separated, but it looks like the company has decided to combine them into one.

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.

While many have returned to their offices, there are others who have been told to remain from home. For these people, local telcos have all provided 1GB of mobile data daily so that they can have internet access at home. On TM's side though, unifi Mobile is also going to provide 1GB of 4G LTE data daily.

With an end to the COVID-19 pandemic nowhere in sight, our country has to make an effort to bring things back to normal to ensure our economy doesn't deteriorate. Many companies are finding ways to help and for telcos, it's mostly free internet. to find new ways to contribute. To that end, telco operators based in Malaysia will continue to provide certain industries with free internet.

If you've thought about getting a unifi fibre broadband plan, now may be the right time if reports are true. Telekom Malaysia would sometimes offer customers new deals for a limited time and they might be doing it again. This news started spreading when a leaked promo poster showed discounted rates for unifi plans, with the 30Mbps plan going for as little as RM39 per month.

While many have begun to return to their office, many are still working from home due to the conditional movement control order (CMCO). Telekom Malaysia wants to take this chance to get more people to sign up to its fibre broadband service, so it has announced another free trial period for those who want to sign up to unifi Home now.

A few days ago, unifi users experienced some slow Internet speed due to the damaged APCN-2 submarine cable system undersea. With this, Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) sent out a team to do some maintenance work on 17th until 21st of April. As per schedule, TM is pleased to announce the maintenance work has been completed.

During this MCO, one of the essentials that we largely rely on is the Internet. Without it, most of us would not know how to survive as that is the thing that we depend on to get communications and works done. Now, it is announced that there will be network degradation for a few days for some users, as one of the submarine cable systems will be under maintenance.