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Happy for RM30

Is it true? for RM30 you can get happy? Yes, in a way. Happy is a new provider on the prepaid mobile market running on the DiGi network. They have a nice easy to understand call plan. Call rates are 1c per second, with a cap of 99c per call. sounds very interesting.. per second billing is great for short calls and yet having long chats will only cost me 99c! Better yet, each message costs only 10c. Looks like Happy is the only provider that doesn't discriminate between other providers. Now I don't have to think who's on what provider cause the rate is the same. Happy's reload validity is also longer than current providers. Each reload gives you 60 days of validity. So, reloading the minimum of RM5 will give my sim another 60 days of life. Really great for low usage users. What else? well, 018 is a pretty auspicious number isn't it? hehe.. For now, Happy looks like they have a good package. Is it too good to be true? well there is a trade-off. In order to get these r

Battle of the mobile prepaid providers

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In Malaysia there are three mobile prepaid providers. DiGi Prepaid Maxis HotLink Celcom Xpax When I got my first prepaid pack, I for one was rather confused when trying to one of the providers here. Competition has sprouted a whole new range of promotions and plans that is while great for us consumers but can be rather confusing. Call Plans Lets take a look at the providers sms and call rates. Both DiGi and Hotlink require you to spend over RM30 before you get the better cheaper rate. An exception is DiGi's Chat Plus that has a flat rate no matter how much you spend. Xpax charges you differently when you call people in different states. Personally, when I make a call, I hate to calculate how much this call is gonna cost me. Better a flat rate, less hassle. DiGi's Fu Yoh plan has the cheapest sms among all the providers, but you have to pay a subscription of RM3 per month. Hotlink give a cheaper rate when you sms maxis customers. Xpax is the most expensive, costing 20c to sms ot