Blackberry Bundles on DiGi Business

The Blackberry offers are often associated with Maxis & Celcom. Now there’s a 3rd player that is bringing it in for Enterprise users.

Now DiGi Business offers the Blackberry Bold 9000 for RM1,399 and Blackberry Curve 8900 for RM999. The bundle price is for 24 months contract on either BIZ 150 and BIZ 250 plans. They are also throwing in the Blackberry Internet service with unlimited data for RM63/month. However we don’t see any signs of the Storm with DiGi.

More details here.

P1 WiMAX VOiCE

As predicted, P1 has started its Voice service called WiMAX VOiCE. However this is by special invitation which is sort of a friendly user trial programme.

As an introductory offer, the invited users are given the P30 plan which comes with RM30 worth of talk time at only RM20/month.

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Streamyx Combo now with WiFi @ Home

TM Streamyx has revamped its Streamyx Combo deals with WiFi sharing feature. This could be seen as an immediate reaction to P1 W1MAX’s WiFi Modem and AMAX’s Free Aztech WiFi router bundling recently.

The current Streamyx Combo as follows:
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Considering that Streamyx Combo is inclusive of phone line, it is time to put that phone to some use with Voice Add Ons.

For additional RM10/month, you can get Unlimited calls to TM Fixed Lines while Mobile lines are charged a flat rate of 30sen/minute. While RM28/month, gives you Unlimited Nationwide calls to TM Fixed Lines with Mobile being charged at 25sen/minute.

More details here.

Celcom 100 Days 100 Bags

Remember this? Now Celcom is running something similar but this time they are giving away 100 BE&D bags worth RM6000 each. The actual title of the campaign is A Handbag a day EVERYDAY and it runs from 10 April to 18 July 2009 which is exactly 100 days.

All you had to do is to make a minimum of 3 minute call between 12.01PM to 7.59PM daily to be considered as an entry. The more calls you make, the higher chances of winning. Winners will be informed after 3PM the following day.

We hope Celcom gotten approval from JAKIM for this one.

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P1 vs AMAX Klang Valley Coverage Comparison

It has been nearly a year since the WiMAX players had launched their commercial service and coverage has always been the main concern of consumers today. MCMC even aims WiMAX operators to target 25% of Malaysia population by end of this year. That’s 6.75 million people to cover.

So how are our WiMAX operators doing? P1 and AMAX so far are the only operators who published their coverage areas online. Compare the Klang Valley coverage below:

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AMAX WiMAX Coverage [ SOURCE ]

These screenshots are obtained today 4th June 2009. As shown above, P1 has been expanding aggressively in the Klang Valley. Meanwhile AMAX too is also expanding by patches and we can see that there are several new spots  in Cheras updated recently.

P1 is currently the most visible WiMAX player and the coverage availability is quite extensive as shown above. If they keep this up, the 25% target could be achieved by year end.

No coverage details are available for YTL and RedTone at the moment although RedTone has started showing some WiMAX packages recently.

DiGi Insurance now with extra options

Not so long ago, DiGi has introduced FREE Personal Accident Insurance which can be activated via web and SMS. Now they had introduced 2 extra Insurance package with extra coverage from as low as RM2 for 30 days.

With RM2/ 30 days, you’ll get RM50,000 PA coverage while RM6/30days give you RM100,000 PA Coverage.

To activate for the FREE RM10,000 coverage, just send an SMS “INS YES” to 2000. To opt for the higher coverage, send “INS BUY” to 2000. This is the most convenient way to apply insurance via mobile.

The insurance offer comes from AIG General Insurance (M) Berhad.

More information on the insurance coverage here.

P1 W1MAX offers 1 month free subscription for autopay

Paying bills could be a hassle and credit card autopay does make things convenient. P1 now offers a special offer for those who take up autopay service with Visa and MasterCard holders.

If you activate autopay, P1 will offer 1 month FREE wimax subscription on the 13th month of the autopay service.

More details here.

Celcom turns to airport cabs to sell prepaid broadband

As mobile broadband war heats up, Celcom is targeting a niche segment of foreigners with the help of Airport Limo cabs. Its CMO Chee Pok Jin said Celcom is spending under RM1 million to introduce this new service over the next 6 months and targets to acquire 400 customers per day.

Their strategy is simple, to target foreigners who often had to pay premium at hotels for internet access. With Celcom Prepaid, this would be a cheaper choice for foreigners.

During the campaign period, it is understood that the Airport Limo taxi drivers will act as ambassador for the travelers by answering queries and questions on Celcom Prepaid. We’re wondering if the taxi drivers are well trained for such a task but probably Celcom would bundle a product/FAQ kit that is easy for first time users to understand in various languages.

Another thing that we noticed is that registration is not required.

Dubbed “Celcom Mobile Broadband Airport Limousine”, it offers a ready-to-use mobile broadband package without the need for customer registration in collaboration with Airport Limo (M) Sdn Bhd, which operates taxi services to and from the airport.

Last we recalled, all prepaid sold in Malaysia must be registered with supporting ID or passport. Suddenly it appears that prepaid for broadband is spared from such ruling.

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Maxis accepts trade-in of your old iPhone

If you have the 1st gen Apple iPhone, now could be a good chance for you to step up to the new iPhone 3G as Maxis is now accepting trade-ins.

We spotted this on their website and you could get up to RM1050 off when you trade-in at their Maxis Centres or dealers except LCCT and Langkawi.

The terms and condition for this trade-in is not available on the website and we’re wondering how does this trade-in work considering that 1st gen iPhones are not officially launched in Malaysia.

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DiGi does charity with power of the web

For those who love savings, money isn’t the only thing you can save. With a click on a button, you could help DiGi to channel its RM150,000 charity fund to a charitable body of your choice!

Helping your charitable body is easy. Just pick an organisation from either Nature, Health & Social groups, register your email and age group then verify your email. DiGi will donate RM5 for each action.

We must say, this is pretty creative of DiGi. Charity with the touch of the online community.

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