FOUR TELCOS CUT BROADBAND PRICES BY UP TO 56pc

4 telco companies reducing price of fixed packages by up to 56pc

CONSUMERS will enjoy cheaper broadband services with the announcement by four telecommunications companies to reduce the price of their fixed broadband packages by up to 56 per cent.

In a statement issued yesterday, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said the announcement by the four telecommunication companies — Telekom Malaysia (TM), Maxis, TIME dotcom (TIME) and Celcom — followed the call by Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo that with the implementation of the Mandatory Standard on Access Pricing (MSAP), they should offer cheaper broadband services with increased speed.

“All the telecommunications companies are currently offering packages which start from less than RM100, as well as packages that offer higher speed with cheaper prices,” the statement said.

MCMC said TM’s starter pack of 30 Megabits per second (Mbps) before MSAP at RM139 was now priced at RM79, while Celcom’s 40 Mbps starter pack had been reduced to RM80 from RM180, Maxis’ 30 Mbps starter pack is now at RM89 from RM139 and TIME’s 100 Mbps starter pack is now RM99 from RM149.

TIME’s package of 500 Mbps is priced at RM139 while its 1 gigabit (Gbps) package is RM199.

The statement also said the implementation of the MSAP and reduction of prices were in line with the government’s efforts to provide high-quality, world-class broadband services at reasonable prices.

“The MCMC will continue to work with the Communications and Multimedia Ministry to improve the quality of broadband services in Malaysia.”