U Mobile, the mobile operator that recently launched its 4G LTE service last month, has just unveiled its new postpaid and prepaid plans.
[(From left) Jasmine Lee, U Mobile’s Director of Marketing; Wong Heang Tuck, Chief Operating Officer cum Acting CEO of U Mobile, and Lee Fook Heng, U Mobile’s Head of Product Marketing]
With the aim to grow its postpaid business and market share, U Mobile introduces the company’s new postpaid plan designed for youth, first jobbers and existing prepaid users who wish to switch to a postpaid plan. The new unlimited postpaid plans – Unlimited 50 and Unlimited 80 comes withh unlimited free calls to any U Mobile user any time of the day without time bands, along with unlimited high speed mobile internet.
Details below.
| RATE PLANS |
U28 (Existing) |
UNLIMITED 50 (New/4G LTE) |
UNLIMITED 80 (New/4G LTE) |
| Free calls to U Mobile |
N/A |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Free calls to other operators |
N/A |
100mins |
200mins |
| SMS |
300 |
N/A |
100 |
| High speed internet quota |
1GB |
2GB |
3GB |
| Monthly fee |
RM28 |
RM50 |
RM80 |
| Each additional shareable SIM |
N/A |
RM10/month |
RM10/month |
| Unlimited internet roaming |
Maximum rate from RM30 per month |
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The new postpaid plans comes with Internet and Calls Sharing services. U Mobile is the first telco in the market to offer such services where customers can share their calls and internet with up to three mobile devices. Each SIM comes with an individual mobile number and can be used as a 2nd line (on the 2nd device) or acts as a Family line.
Subscribers can enjoy LTE internet speed in selected areas within Klang Valley and Johor Bahru, and high speed 3G mobile internet nationwide. Upon exceeding their data limit, U Mobile customers can still surf the Internet at 64Kbps without additional charges, subject to fair usage policy.
U Mobile postpaid plan subscriber who travels to China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam, either for business or leisure, can enjoy the market’s lowest unlimited internet roaming service at a maximum rate of RM30 per day.
The new U Mobile Prepaid plan now comes with free calls and free mobile internet after every top-up. Customers can surf the Internet with speeds up to 4Mbps, and enjoy free calls to all U Mobile users.
| STARTER PACK |
RM8 |
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| PRE-LOADED AIRTIME |
RM5 |
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| TOP-UP |
RM10 |
RM30 |
RM50 |
RM100 |
| Free Calls to All U Mobile numbers |
10 days |
30 days |
50 days |
100 days |
| Free high speed mobile internet |
10MB |
30MB |
50MB |
100MB |
| 2x credit validity |
20 days |
60 days |
100 days |
200 days |
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TO U MOBILE NUMBERS |
TO ALL NETWORKS |
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| SMS rates |
3 sen/SMS |
8 sen/SMS |
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| Voice call rates |
10 sen/30 sec |
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| Mobile internet PAYU rates |
20 sen/MB |
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In addition, U Mobile also enhanced its existing Unlimited Mobile Internet (UMI) Plan for UMI 28 and UMI 38 variants, where customers are given 1GB of data plus free calls and free SMS.
In light of the upcoming festivity and celebration, U Mobile is also throwing in special deals in conjunction with Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day for its U Card holders. The telco has launched the ‘8 for 28’ Spring Festival promo, where U Card members can enjoy free mobile devices, vouchers, U Card points and many other freebies with the 8 participating merchants. The promo will last for 28 days starting 18 Jan.
Full details on the U Mobile website.
