Malaysia telcos to offer 1GB free data daily until 31 December as part of Economic Recovery Plan
According to an announcement today by the Prime Minister of Malaysia Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, the government has extended the prior free data initiative all the way to the end of the year with participating telcos offering 1GB of free data daily as part of the ‘Pelan Jana Semula Ekonomi Negara’ or Short-Term Economic Recovery Plan worth RM35 billion with RM10 billion as a direct cash injection by the government.
The free 1GB of data will be offered from 8AM to 6PM daily and will continue until 31 December 2020 to allow Malaysians access to education, productivity (video conference applications) and news by participating telco companies which include Maxis, TM, Celcom, Yes, Digi and U Mobile.
Also announced is free unlimited access to the Ministry of Health and other government related websites along with unlimited use of the government’s applications related to COVID-19 that include MySejahtera, MyTrace and Gerak Malaysia . For more details on the Short-Term Economic Recovery Plan, swing by www.penjana.treasury.gov.my
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