Last Updated on 2016-05-19 , 1:43 pm
We’ve all heard about the big price slashes by Singapore’s three main telcos and we’re vaguely aware that it’s because of an announcement by MyRepublic announcing its plans to offer crazily cheap data bundles that will completely spoil the market for the other telcos.
Of course, we have no complaints about that. But we understand that you want the details and Goodyfeed is happy to provide them.
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MyRepublic
Who, or what is MyRepublic, exactly? The unknown hero that just did a great service the the community? It is looking to become Singapore’s fourth telco, after StarHub, M1 and Singtel.
What’s the promise?
It promises 10GB data bundles as the standard, much larger than the 2GB or 3GB other telcos offer. It gives consumers the option of going for unlimited data bundles.
It promises to follow net neutrality, and will not have additional toll charges for popular internet apps unlike certain telcos who charge internet services for using its bandwidth.
Will it work out?
So MyRepublic is like Batman, a vigilante looking to safeguard the interests of Singaporeans and fight the big powers like Singtel and StarHub, right? We hope so too, because the mobile air wave auction is set for the third quarter of this year, and if the fibre broadband service provider doesn’t win, these $8 dream plans might remain just that. Dreams.
Reactions to MyRepublic
But we’ve got to admit, even without becoming Singapore’s fourth telco, MyRepublic have already done us Singaporeans a great service. In response to the announcements by MyRepublic, Singtel, M1 and StarHub have all announced their own offers, with Singtel leading the way by announcing their offers mere hours after MyRepublic’s announcement.
According to Singtel’s new data plan, a customer on a S$62.90 a month Combo 3 Plan with 3GB of data, can just add DataX2 to upgrade to 6GB of data for S$5.90 more a month. M1 followed Singtel’s lead in upsizing new and recontracting customers’ mobile data allowance at a fixed additional cost of $5.90 a month. In StarHub’s case, you pay S$6 for 3GB of data, S$3 if you sign up by 31 March 2016.
Seems like this time, no matter what happens, Singaporean common folks like us only stand to gain. If that’s not a reason to celebrate, we don’t know what is.
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