Friday, June 11, 2004
The One With NoMoreNopoly
Read today's edition of the Star Techcentral section :
See.. I told you.. this is the impact of healthy competition.. This is what consumers want.. 'Choices'.. We do not want one 'Bigshot' keeps terrorising the market, being filthy rich, sucking up our money.. and keeps raising service charges until his name stated on top list in Fortune .. Well, we have our rights as consumers.. When you hike your price, we expect you to increase your damn service level also..
Well done to Malaysian Telco Service Providers!! Keep it up..
Read today's edition of the Star Techcentral section :
SMS: Celcos manoeuvre fiercely in booming market
BY RASLAN SHARIF
PETALING JAYA: The surge in SMS (short message service) use is giving cellphone companies much elbow room and incentive to cut SMS rates, according to analysts.
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Maxis fired the first salvo when it announced in late April a new service plan that charged its prepaid Hotlink service subscribers only 7 sen per message to send messages to other Maxis subscribers.
DiGi followed closely behind, matching Maxis’ new rate just two weeks later. Last week, Celcom pushed the envelope further when it said subscribers of several service plans would have to pay only 5 sen per message.
The ultimate prize in this game of one-upmanship?
More than 11 million cellphone subscribers who last year sent over six billion SMS messages, or about 550 messages per subscriber, according to the latest statistics compiled by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). And the market is growing, both in terms of the number of subscribers and SMS use.
Read more??
BY RASLAN SHARIF
PETALING JAYA: The surge in SMS (short message service) use is giving cellphone companies much elbow room and incentive to cut SMS rates, according to analysts.
..
Maxis fired the first salvo when it announced in late April a new service plan that charged its prepaid Hotlink service subscribers only 7 sen per message to send messages to other Maxis subscribers.
DiGi followed closely behind, matching Maxis’ new rate just two weeks later. Last week, Celcom pushed the envelope further when it said subscribers of several service plans would have to pay only 5 sen per message.
The ultimate prize in this game of one-upmanship?
More than 11 million cellphone subscribers who last year sent over six billion SMS messages, or about 550 messages per subscriber, according to the latest statistics compiled by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). And the market is growing, both in terms of the number of subscribers and SMS use.
Read more??
See.. I told you.. this is the impact of healthy competition.. This is what consumers want.. 'Choices'.. We do not want one 'Bigshot' keeps terrorising the market, being filthy rich, sucking up our money.. and keeps raising service charges until his name stated on top list in Fortune .. Well, we have our rights as consumers.. When you hike your price, we expect you to increase your damn service level also..
Well done to Malaysian Telco Service Providers!! Keep it up..