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Celcom Offers Xpax ‘Mix and Match’ Prepaid Plans at MYR 20 Onward

July 19, 2022 Darwin Sucipto Leave a comment

We are living in a mobile first world. Everything can be done via the little mobile device that you have in your pockets. You do not even have to talk to anyone to get anything done, not via a phone call anyway. Just a few taps on your smartphone lets you make dinner reservations, buy groceries for it to be delivered to your home, buy lunch and dinner for yourselves, you can even get a cab home from anywhere you want with your mobile device.

Whatever it is, because your smartphone has become such an integral part of your life, it needs to be always connected. In other words, you need to be constantly connected. For that, you need internet plans for your mobile device. Now the issue becomes which plan is the right one for you.

Celcom understands that there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution in the modern connected era. Every individual has slightly differing needs in terms of their internet consumption and requirements. Traditional internet plans that offer everything from calls, messaging, and internet plans may not be the best solution for users today. Traditional calls and messaging have also taken a back seat to messenger apps that can even do video calls today as long as you are connected. Technically, you hardly need a service plan that includes massive calling and messaging quotas. You need service plans that packs a large data pool for the internet.

That is why Celcom introduces their new Xpax prepaid plan that you can ‘Mix and Match’ with. You can, for example, pick up a plan that consist of nothing but 8GB of data for the next 30 days for MYR 20. If you need anything on top of the 8GB data, you can get voice calls, hotspot data, or even a different data allocation for your specific social media and streaming apps from MYR 3 onward.

Whatever internet package you choose will also offer you 5G connectivity as and when it is available. Of course, your smartphone also must be able to take advantage of 5G.

The ‘Mix and Match’ Xpax plan, to be fair, is not necessarily a new idea. Yoodo was one of the first ISP in Malaysia to offer a fully customizable plan for its users. Users can change their data and voice plans on a monthly basis as well. The idea was that users should be able to pick their own data and voice plans that fits the specific user with no fuss. At the same time, the ‘Mix and Match’ Xpax plan ensures that users still get access to discounts and benefits offered by Celcom’s various partnerships at an affordable rate.

The Celcom Xpax ‘Mix and Match’ prepaid plan is available now. You can head to any of their Blue Cube centers to enquire on the plan. You can also head over to your Celcom Life App to check out the plans and how you can customize your own Xpax prepaid plans from the app itself. You can also head over to their website for more information on the new ‘Mix and Match plan.

Lifestyle, News

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

April 6, 2021 Darwin Sucipto Leave a comment

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.

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.

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.

Business, Mobile, News

Just Say YES, You Really Have to with YES’ Kasi Up Mobile Data Plans

December 15, 2020 Darwin Sucipto Leave a comment

How much do you pay for data? That is the question that you often do not ask yourself in this difficult period. It is also something we take for granted these days. In fact, we have taken this for granted for a while. You never really thought about it also because Malaysia’s major Telco players have not made a huge step in terms of competitive pricing over data. That is, until now.

To be fair, when you talk about a major Telco for Malaysia, you would not start at YES 4G. You might not even consider this plucky organisation to be a major Telco in Malaysia. To blow your bubble a little bit, we can safely say that they are now a major Telco in Malaysia. They have one of the widest, if not the widest 4G network coverage in Malaysia. This includes Sabah and Sarawak, mind you.

Back to the price of data. If you do a little bit of research in and around the region of South East Asia, Malaysia’s data price point is not exactly the most affordable. You have players in Indonesia, and even Singapore that would offer data at much cheaper price points. Malaysia still has competitive pricing on data though, do not get us wrong.

It could be even more affordable though, and YES, with the Kasi Up plans, show that it is completely possible. They have introduced two new mobile data plans with Kasi Up, one Prepaid and one Postpaid. Both are, in our books, extremely attractive in value.

Kasi Up Prepaid

We start with the prepaid Kasi Up plan. The YES Kasi Up Prepaid 15 plan, they call it. As the numbers suggest, it will cost you MYR 15 for a 30-day validity. To be fair, that does not actually sound all that special. MYR 15 though buys you 10GB of data for that 30 days of validity though. This pricing is quite unheard of in Malaysia. Before this, YES’ most affordable data plan was MYR 30 for up to 10GB of data. Of course, for prepaid plans, calls are charged normally (MYR 0.09/call) on your valid airtime.

Kasi Up Postpaid

If you want to make calls for free though, you go for a YES Kasi Up Postpaid 49 plan. As the name suggests also, the plan will cost you MYR 49 a month. For just below MYR 50, you get 100GB of 4G data a month and free unlimited call time. This also means that your data effectively costs less than MYR 0.50 for every 1GB. What’s more, you get to have your bill free for the first 6 months if you sign up for a 24-month plan. This is also effectively the cheapest data plan available in Malaysia currently.

Additional Plans

Of course, the YES Kasi Up mobile plans are not limited to just those two plans. For prepaid customers, you can choose between three available plans. You know the YES Kasi Up Prepaid 15 data plan. There is a YES Kasi Up Prepaid 20 plan too for MYR 20 a month. You get 20GB of data a month for MYR 20. Then you can go for YES Kasi Up Prepaid Unlimited for MYR 30 month which qualifies you for unlimited mobile data capped at 7mbps and 9GB of uncapped speed hotspot data. This also makes the YES Prepaid Unlimited data plan the most affordable of its kind in Malaysia.

For Postpaid customers, the YES Kasi Up Postpaid 49 data plan is the most premium available from YES. You can go for something cheaper at MYR 30 for the YES Kasi Up Postpaid 30. You only get a data quota of 20GB a month though, on top of a free YES 4G smartphone.

Kasi Up Refer & Earn

YES also introduced a new way of earning a little bit of side income for Malaysians with YES Kasi Up Refer & Earn programme. You get up to MYR 50 cash for every referral you make when you get your friends to sign up for the YES Kasi Up data plan. Your friend also makes MYR 50, if they sign up. It really looks like a win-win situation.

Availability

There is some caveat in all this though. YES relies completely on their own 4G network with no 3G or 2G coverage. That also means that if you do lose your 4G coverage, you lose coverage. YES has continuously worked to improve network coverage in all major cities in Malaysia and even rural areas in Malaysia, enabling connectivity across the nation though. The introduction of the Kasi Up data plans will also bring an end to all their previous data plans. Current users would be transitioned to their new Kasi Up plan. Why would you not want to be transitioned to a cheaper plan?

The YES Kasi Up data plan is now available for both new and current customers. You can head to your nearest YES outlet to get more information, obtain your SIM card, and sign up for either the postpaid or prepaid plans. You can also head to their website for more information and to obtain their SIM cards and get it delivered to your doorstep for free. Of course, all terms and conditions apply.

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