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Celcom MAX – All-in-One Plan to MAXimise Your Life

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You have seen the memes; you know it is true; internet and interconnectivity IS life. With the world going into lockdown and isolation because of the pandemic, the importance of having a decent internet connection and being constantly connected are even more emphasised. While the trying times also tested our resilience, our technology gets tested too. For our sanity and productivity, our internet connection became our lifeline.

Internet and data connectivity in Malaysia can be a little bit of a headache though. At our time of need, this kind of headache is exactly what we do not need. The solution is a one stop shop for everything data and internet. The solution, according to Celcom, is Celcom’s MAX all-in-one plan.

Source: Celcom

Technically, Celcom MAX is very similar to Maxis’ ONE plan. It is Celcom’s one-stop-shop for a home internet and mobile data plan for the family. For as little as MYR 179, you are subscribing to Celcom’s 100Mbps home fibre plan alongsidef a Celcom MEGA postpaid mobile plan (MYR 80). That is MYR 21 in savings every month technically.

The MAX plan also will include a free AX router for homes. That also means you get WiFi 6 connectivity out of the box if you subscribe to a Celcom MAX plan. You can also opt for a pair (2 units) of Mesh Routers for up to MYR 25/month for 24months though if you need the coverage. You are also eligible for 6 months of iflix or iQiyi or DimSum subscription for free when you subscribe to the Celcom MAX plan.

Source: Celcom

You can save even more when you buy your electronics with the Celcom MAX plan. You can get your hands on a Sharp 60-inch Android TV for only MYR 2,400 (MYR 100 x 24 months), an MYR 2,599 discount over the retail price of MYR 4,999. You can even get your hands on a Microsoft Surface Pro X 256GB LTE for MYR 5,800 (MYR 242 x 24 months), down from MYR 6,438 retail price.

The Celcom MAX plan is available today onward. You can choose between 100Mbps, 300Mbps and 500Mbps home fibre plans for MYR 179, MYR 199, and MYR 259 between the three plans. The first 100 customers to sign up for any of the Celcom MAX plan is eligible for a waiver if their first month’s bill. For more information on the Celcom MAX plan, you can head over to their website.

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Double Happiness with Celcom with 88GB of Data & 2 New Phones for MYR188

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Celcom is making things a little less bleak this MCO with offers that will bring a little more joy to Celcom users. The telco, who has been in operation since 1988, is bringing double the smartphone and even more internet quota to their subscribers starting on 15 January 2021. These offers also come in conjunction with the upcoming Chinese New Year Celebrations.

Celcom Xpax Gets 88GB of Internet & a Chance to get an iPhone 12 Pro

First up, new Celcom Xpax subscribers can enjoy 88GB of free hotspot (internet tethering) quota. This quota will have a validity period of 3 days. New users will need to subscribe for the Celcom Xpax Unlimited Internet Weekly pass at MYR12 or Unlimited Monthly pass at MYR35 through the Celcom Life app.

Existing Xpax customers with 7-day, 14-day or 30-day Internet Passes are entitled to 88GB of free high-speed internet quota. Users will need to redeem the free internet quota from the Celcom Life app under the just4ME section. This quota is valid for 3 days from redemption. Existing users can also get 88GB hotspot quota for MYR8.80 with 8-day validity.

In addition to these freebies, Celcom Xpax can win a brand new iPhone 12 Pro by simply completing missions in the Celcom Life app. Completing missions in-app will also get you free internet quota, credit and validity. Once users complete 6 missions, they will be entitled to one entry for the grand prize of the iPhone 12 Pro.

MEGA Postpaid Family Lines Get 2 Phones for MYR188

It’s not just about Xpax customers. Celcom MEGA postpaid family lines will be able to mix and match from a selection of 14 of the latest 4G and 5G devices. For MYR188, they will be able to choose from the latest 5G ready phones like the Huawei nova 7se, Oppo Reno5, Realme 7 and Samsung A52 and a 4G smartphone. That’s 2 phones for MYR188.

Aside from that, Celcom XP Lite postpaid customers with M or L passes can now enjoy free unlimited Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and WeChat. The unlimited quota for these apps come as an upgrade on top of the pre-existing free unlimited YouTube quota.

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techENT Download || FCC Bans HUAWEI & ZTE

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In this week’s TechENT Download, we see a whole lot happening including things going back to normal when it comes to Malaysia with more measures being relaxed and the techENT team heading back to our offices.

ASUS has also been busy releasing many laptops including new additions to the ZenBook series as well as a new ExpertBook B9 which is powered by Intel’s vPro processors. The ASUS VivoBook S series also got 2 new entries bringing more colour and functionality.

Telcos in Malaysia are extending their 1GB of free data to everyone with no time limitations. Subscribers can redeem their 1GB via their respective apps.

HUAWEI and ZTE face more problems as the American Federal Communications Commission goes on the record saying that they pose a threat to national security and privacy. This new development comes after more than a year of sanction placed against the companies by the current U.S. Administration. The new move will be hurting HUAWEI and ZTE’s 5G business as more countries take the notion seriously. What does this mean for smartphones?

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Mobile, News

Free 1GB For Now, Free 1GB for Later, Free 1GB For the Entire Day!

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The whole COVID-19 situation has made 2020 a little bit of a write off. There are at least a few things that made 2020 look a little better, some positivity. We now realise that we can be productive at home, we save a little bit more money and become a little more healthy by not eating out, prices of petrol goes down, we get our own little 1m bubble of personal space, and best of all – free data.

By now, everyone would have known that you can claim 1GB of free data daily from the major operators like Maxis, Digi, Celcom, UMobile, and Unifi Mobile. There are limitations to that though. The 1GB of data only applies from 8.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. in the evening.

1GB of data may not sound like much at first. Start using them for just emails and sharing documents and even get on a messenger app though and you might be pleasantly surprised. Without watching Netflix, YouTube, stream at high-quality with Spotify, or downloading games, 1GB is way more than enough. 8.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. is also the usual working time for the average Malaysian. So the time limit made plenty of sense. At least that was the case until June 2020.

From the 1st of July, 2020l; which was yesterday, all the way until 31st December 2020, users of the major telecommunication operators get to enjoy the 1GB of free data daily for 24 hours instead of a restricted time of the day. That also means you get about 30GB of free data in the week.

If your home is equipped with its own internet, you would find that 30GB is a little too much to spend. We wonder how some people can have 60GB of data and still not have enough. Still, we like free things and so we will gladly take it with open arms. For more information regarding this new policy, you can head over to your telco’s websites. No, it is not too late to switch over telco too; we did not mention which to which.

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Celcom Xpax Truly Unlimited with Ultra Hour!

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Having an unlimited amount of something is great. Bottomless drinks in restaurants, for example, are great for us. It means we will never go thirsty for the period you sit in that restaurant. It also means value-for-money. Everyone likes to get value-for-money things. They are like a bargain for whatever.

Celcom has always been at the forefront of that for some time. Then again, they have been quite aggressive in their product offerings. Celcom’s most recent prepaid plan was a real value-for-money product. You get for what you need, technically, for not too exorbitant amount of money.

Now they come with Celcom Xpax Truly Unlimited prepaid plan. Technically it is a monthly plan still that you pay for with your prepaid credits. They also renew automatically if you have enough credits within your SIM card. You do not need that much though. You only need MYR 12 every week. That is as low as it gets for the current prepaid unlimited plan almost anywhere.

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For MYR 12 a week, you get 3MBps access to the internet and other services endlessly. For MYR 35 a month, you get a whole month of unlimited internet access at the same speed cap. The weekly plan gives you 1GB of hotspot data too for free. The monthly plan gives you 3GB of hotspot data to play with. On top of that you can of course add hotspot data plans for MYR 1 (1GB valid for one day) and MYR 3 (5GB valid for 3 days).

Should you ever need more 3MBps though you still can opt for Celcom’s Xpax Ultra Hour Passes. It gives you uncapped data speeds at a limited time. Still, for at least one hour, you have access to unlimited internet use. You can download all the Netflix shows you want for your commute the next day or later starting with MYR 1 (1 hour) and all the way to MYR 8 (24 hours).

Capped data speeds not your thing? Need, full speed internet all the time? They have those too, with daily passes from MYR 2 (capped at 2GB) all the way to monthly passes at MYR 30 (capped at 5GB). These plans also come with unlimited YouTube streams from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m.

Celcom’s Xpax Truly Unlimited plan is available today onward of course. You can find out more on the Truly Unlimited Plan on their website.

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Celcom MEGA Postpaid Plan – Freedom to Choose

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Using your mobile phone these days means that you are constantly connected. Services like Whatsapp, Telegram, e-mail, and all the known social media apps require you to use data even in the background, even when your device is turned off. In that case, there is always the problem of choosing between two types of plans that fit you the best.

You might need huge amount of data. There could be a number of reasons; you rely solely on your smartphone for data and internet, your work requires you to travel around plenty and therefore you rely plenty on your data plan for internet. You are most likely going for data plans that will give you unlimited data but at a capped speed.

Then there are those that need the speed. You might already have a fixed internet plan that you use at home. You want high speed data in occasions. To that, you have to trade off on quota. This is what Celcom calls the Lightning Internet Speed, you get full 4G LTE+ speeds all the time but you can only have them to a limited amount.

With a single MEGA plan, you can simply choose what you want for what you need. For as little as MYR 80 every month you are going to get up to 30GB of high speed data. With that also you get unlimited phone calls to any network. Pretty good?

For an additional MYR 18/month you can choose between an additional 10GB of data or unlimited M pass. That is unlimited data at capped speeds (5Mbps). If you need high-speed internet (Unlimited L up to 15Mbps), you can opt to spend a little bit more at an additional MYR 69/month. (Hotspot limited to 5GB and 10GB respectively every month)

For Lightning Mobile Internet Speed you start from MYR 80/month at 30GB cap, as per mentioned earlier. For an additional MYR 18 you can get MEGA M for an additional 10GB in your plan. For an additional MYR 68/month you get an additional 30GB of data. If you are that hungry for data, pay an extra MYR 108/month for MEGA XL plan and get up to 100GB of data every month (additional 70GB).

For the MEGA M, MEGA L, MEGA XL plans, there is a few additional features that you might like as well. If you have unused data in that month, you can trade-in your data for cashbacks. For now (two months promotion period), you get MYR 5 for 10GB of data you trade in credited to your Boost e-wallet. Nothing more, nothing less though.

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When you travel to one of the listed 12 countries, you get to use your own data plan as well, or whatever that is left in it within your plan, instead of getting an additional data plan just for roaming. You have to pay MYR 38/day though to use your data. If you are on the MYR 188/month (MYR 80 + MYR 108 MEGA XL) plan though, its free. Data is precious? Pay a little extra for Celcom’s Ultra Hour Passes. You can even add on Celcom’s Unlimited Social Media plan.

The best part about the Celcom MEGA plan is its flexibility. As long as you are not getting a device with your MEGA plan, you can pick and choose the plans every month. You can choose between the five plans and change every month depending on your needs. You get to add up to 3 sub lines or Family lines if you want. For each additional line you pay MYR 40 for 15GB of data each line. For an additional MYR 5/month you can share your MEGA M, MEGA L, MEGA XL data pool with your family members.

Of course, like any other postpaid plan you can choose to buy devices from Celcom with the plan as well. If you pick up Celcom’s MEGA XL plan at MYR 188/month you can choose to get a smartphone for free from Celcom’s pool of premium devices. Users who are on Celcom First plan can opt into the MEGA Plan via Celcom’s BlueCube centers or a simple phone call. Subscribers of MEGA plans can change their monthly plans simply via logging into Celcom’s Android or iOS Celcom Life app and a few clicks. More info can be found on their website.

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Celcom x Alliance Bank – Value for SMEs

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Celcom recently announced their Business Suite for Retail. What is that? The Business Suite is technically their service plan. You can liken them to the Celcom Mobile or Internet plan; the only difference is that the Business Suite, as the name suggest, is for businesses; Small Medium Enterprises (SME) specifically.

You can find out more on their site, here. Briefly, Celcom’s Business Suite for Retail is a complete business end-to-end telecommunication and data solution. You get phone plans, data plans, payment solutions, and more depending on the plans you select. If you need to, you can even throw in Microsoft Office 365 into the plan. The plans are basically perfect solutions for SMEs.

Alliance Bank is known for their very extensive and generous SME programs. They have the BizSmart program to promote and encourage the growth of the SME segment in Malaysia. Of course, when there is a chance to deliver even more value to SMEs, they would want to be the first to be a part of it. They have plenty of solutions for SME after all; the SME Express Cash for example.

Source: Celcom

The partnership that just happened today marks the combination of two forces in the SME specific services space. Celcom Business Suite for Retail subscribers are now eligible for Alliance Bank’s extensive financing plans for SMEs. Thanks to the collaboration as well the processes and pains of applying for Alliance Bank’s financing programs are expedited and shortened. SMEs might even be able to get preferred rates on Alliance Bank’s business loan programs like Express Cash if they are subscribed to Celcom Business Suite for Retail.

Information regarding Celcom’s Business Suite for Retail is available on their website. You can also sign up for Alliance Bank’s available financing programs via the same website.