Malaysia telcos to offer 1GB free data daily until 31 December as part of Economic Recovery Plan

By Hitech Century | June 5, 2020 |

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…

U Mobile rolls out WeChat Go Malaysia Mini program for visitors from China

By Hitech Century | September 19, 2019 |

U Mobile has teamed up with WeChat to deploy two mini programs within their eponymous WeChat mobile app dubbed WeChat Go Malaysia Mini and the Pavilion KL Mini. Together these two apps aim to offer a curated experience for visitors from China visiting Malaysia. The WeChat Go Malaysia Mini program acts as a travel companion…

U Mobile teams up with GoPayz and GoBiz to roll out fintech ecosystem

By Hitech Century | June 17, 2019 |

Local telco giant U Mobile today announced a collaboration with universal e-wallet GoPayz and digital acceptance solution purveyor GoBiz. In a press conference today, U Mobile announced their collaboration and shared details of the collaboration, which is slated for a July rollout and which will involve both platforms in order to create an accessible, affordable…

U Mobile expands 4G network with #ucubatry money-back guaranteed 7-day trial

By Hitech Century | April 23, 2019 |

U Mobile has been growing from strength to strength and have expanded their own 4G network across Malaysia with over 2,000 new and improved 4G sites. To show and prove the robustness and strength of their 4G network, U Mobile is offering customers a chance to field test their network over a 7-day period via…

U Mobile’s network is undergoing system upgrades expect service interruptions

By Hitech Century | July 13, 2017 |

U Mobile is undertaking a series of system upgrade and maintenance for July and August to improve the quality of the network. To that end, they’ve put out the word that customers may experience some service interruption in the dates and times listed below nationwide though full service will be restored by 10 August 2017.…

U Mobile ends their network share agreement with Maxis

By Hitech Century | June 28, 2017 |

U Mobile has formally notified Maxis that they are ending their RAN share agreement which will be completed by December 2018. The move is in line with their expanding network of cellphone towers which now offer significant coverage for most of Malaysia. Their official statement is reproduced below: “With our growing subscriber base, U Mobile…

U Mobile teams up with Sun Life Malaysia to offer life microinsurance products

By Hitech Century | May 18, 2017 |

Today marks the first time that Malaysians can apply, subscribe and manage their life insurance coverage straight from their smartphone via a partnership between U Mobile and Sun Life Malaysia. U Mobile’s CEO Wong Heang Tuck and Raymond Lew, Chief Executive Officer and President/ Country Head of Sun Life Malaysia both signed a memorandum of…

U Mobile kicks off Unlimited Ideas Groove Calendar programme for subscribers with goodies and bonuses at four music events

By Hitech Century | May 6, 2017 |

U Mobile has just launched their Unlimited Ideas programme for U Mobile customers who appreciate music and cultural festivals by offering benefits, bonuses and much more just by being a U Mobile subscriber. The Unlimited Ideas programme by U Mobile is slated to run in four music festivals in Malaysia that include the ongoing Urbanscapes…

U Mobile launches crazy Unlimited Power prepaid plan with unlimited data for social media

By Hitech Century | February 17, 2017 |

If you’re a social media junkie, you will appreciate what U Mobile’s newly launched Unlimited Power prepaid plan has to offer. The plan itself costs RM8.50 with free RM5 airtime, 200MB of free high-speed data, free 1GB of basic data, free 300 minutes worth of calls to all U Mobile numbers and a call rate…

U Mobile’s new Game-Onz plan to offer unlimited data for PC gaming

By Hitech Century | December 9, 2016 |

UMobile today just announced one serious kicker of a prepaid phone plan for gamers. Dubbed Game-Onz, the plans allow prepaid customers to tether their PC to their phone and play a selected variety of games from Steam, Playone Asia and Garena without incurring data costs. To wit, if you’re playing the following games, you’ll enjoy…