Something’s heating up in the telco world, and it’s not just your mobile phone from using all that data – it’s competition.
Yes, it’s another article about another telco’s cheap new plan.
If you haven’t been catching up with the telco war, here’s what those technology giants have been up to these days.
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It’s War
With people like us wanting and needing more data to watch YouTube videos and K-dramas on the go but don’t want to burn a hole in our wallet, the demand for more data at cheaper prices has gone up and telcos know it.
Starting from Circles.Life in February, who offered consumers an add-on of unlimited data for $20 per month, the other telcos and mobile virtual network operators (MNVOs) have constantly been trying to one-up each other by offering cheaper and better plans to attract consumers.
Like Singtel’s GOMO
Following that, Singtel launched their GOMO contract-free mobile plan which offers consumers 20GB of data and 200 minutes of talk time at only $20.
The service is fully operated online, much like Circles.Life, making it a direct competitor after a ‘hey, take that!’ move from Singtel.
Things are getting intense…
And Zero
Zero Mobile, another digital telco, also went like ‘hey, I want to join in the party!’ and began slashing their mobile prices by $10 and increasing their data limit to 45GB.
It’s a deathly competitive scene where each telco’s trying to ensure they’re the best, basically.
For us consumers, it’s something to celebrate, for if this price slashing goes on for even longer, that means we don’t have to pay so much.
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Starhub’s going giga
Looks like someone’s got FOMO after seeing GOMO.
Starhub, who’s always been in intense competition with Singtel, has now launched their very own no-contract mobile plan giga, a digital service that will operate fully online as well.
Customer support and enquiries will be done via their website, app and social media platforms – you can check out their website here.
As you can tell from the name, it mainly focuses on giving consumers the best data plan there is available.
For $25, giga offers 25GB of data, 1000 SMSes, 1000 minutes of talk time, and free caller ID.
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But that’s not even the best part – they offer free data rollover for up to two months!!! That means if you didn’t finish using up your data for a particular month, you’re able to roll it over to the next month!
FINALLY, THANK YOU.
Affordable Add-Ons
If you run out of data, you’re able to add on 1GB for $2 or purchase packs that are tied to specific social media sites, which is especially great for those who can’t get enough of funny videos on Facebook or chatting 24/7 with your friends on WhatsApp.
You can add on 1GB of data purely for WhatsApp usage for $1, or add on 1GB of data purely for Instagram and Facebook at the same price. Sounds way too good to be true.
Roaming’s covered, too
If you constantly need to be travelling within Asia for work or other purposes, you may want to consider their Jetpack giga plan as well. You can get 5 days of unlimited roaming at 1GB $5 in 14 countries, it being:
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Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
How to sign up?!
giga’s offering the first month absolutely FREE for users who sign up by 18 June, so hurry if you’re interested!
You can download the giga app, where giga will mainly operate on, and sign up by taking a photo of your NRIC/passport and a selfie as part of a Digital ID verification process.
giga will then send over your new SIM card to your address within the next 24 hours. Talk about efficiency!
Question
So data can actually be THIS cheap and we’ve all been scammed into paying more than we needed to?
It seems as if we’ll be seeing telcos come out with newer and cheaper deals once every few months – we’re spoilt for choice now, honestly.
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Make sure you choose the one that’s most catered to what you need while still getting the best bang for your buck!
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