P1 WiMAX celebrate first anniversary with free 3 months subscription

P1 WiMAX, Malaysia’s leading WiMAX operator has celebrated its first anniversary recently. Exactly 1 year after launch, P1 has acquired over 80,000 subscribers nationwide. It is remarkable to note that P1 currently has covered most states in peninsular Malaysia with Pahang, Perak & Terengganu recently added in the list. In fact, it is the only WiMAX operator to cover more than than 2 states in Malaysia.

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DiGi Broadband: Student package from RM58/month

Mobile Broadband is now having a price war and the direction these days seem to focus more into the lower budget target markets. Previously Mobile Broadband used to be for the higher end market with subscription rates going more than RM100/month.

Today, we’re begining to see more lower entry pricing below RM100, such as Maxis’s RM78/month plan and even P1’s Wiggy RM69/month package.

DiGi that vows to make broadband done right, is not going to be left behind as well. They too had released a lower priced package targeted at students for only RM58/month with FREE Modem. This is applicable for students between 18-25 years old which are mostly college/university students.

The DiGi Broadband student package has an average speed of 700kbps downlink and 200kbps uplink with a monthly bandwidth quota of 3GB/month.

More details here.

P1 offers wiggy 69 with 800kbps download

Some P1 sales dealer P1 has officially started selling the new value version of Wiggy called the Wiggy 69. This offers a lower speed up to 800kbps compared to original wiggy that offers up to 10mbps. Monthly subscription starts from RM69 per month. Monthly data quota is 5GB per month.

The modem is free with 2 years subscription and it is chargable at RM299 for those who take up 1 year subscription.

The Wiggy 69 has a registration fee of RM100, chargable up front and activation fee of RM60 which will be charged on the first bill.

More info here or you can order direct from P1 here.

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DiGi Broadband with FREE HP Mini Bundling

As netbooks are the most value gadget in mobile computing, it has been quite common to see it being bundled free with mobile broadband packages these days. Maxis bundles the Dell mini, P1 bundles Acer Aspire One while AMAX bundles the HP Mini.

Not to be left behind, DiGi has also started its FREE netbook bundling with the HP Mini powered by the already familiar Intel Atom processor. In the specs, it is also written that WWAN supported which we assume is built-in 3G Module.

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P1 accepts online orders for WiMAX packages

For those who wish to subscribe to P1 WiMAX without leaving home can do so now as P1 has started its online ordering feature.

Ordering is quite simple. It guides you thru coverage finding, package selection and then payment options. Upon delivery, it stated that the customer will need to prepare a photocopy of their IC. Current it accepts Credit Card and Cheque payments only.

To order, visit here.

P1 WiMAX available at Pahang, Perak & Terengganu, now eyes East Malaysia

P1 W1MAX, one of the key 4 WiMAX operator has started operations in Pahang, Perak & Terengganu recently which brings its coverage up to a total of  8 states (Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Johor, Kedah, Penang, Pahang, Perak & Terengganu). This is quite an achievement for a company that is barely a year in operations. It is also expected that P1 will achieve to cover 35% of the population by end of this year.

While P1 has been busy in West Malaysia, it also has shown interested in venturing to East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak.  However this optimistic move would require consent from MCMC as Redtone is the sole WiMAX operator in Sabah/Sarawak at the moment. We foresee if Redtone isn’t able to meet coverage expectations, MCMC would be forced to open up East Malaysia to other WiMAX operators to get the job done.

Hopefully with P1 knocking on MCMC’s door to enter Sabah/Sarawak, Redtone would be pressured to speed up desired coverage.

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P1 WiMAX VOiCE

As predicted, P1 has started its Voice service called WiMAX VOiCE. However this is by special invitation which is sort of a friendly user trial programme.

As an introductory offer, the invited users are given the P30 plan which comes with RM30 worth of talk time at only RM20/month.

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Streamyx Combo now with WiFi @ Home

TM Streamyx has revamped its Streamyx Combo deals with WiFi sharing feature. This could be seen as an immediate reaction to P1 W1MAX’s WiFi Modem and AMAX’s Free Aztech WiFi router bundling recently.

The current Streamyx Combo as follows:
Extra Value

Considering that Streamyx Combo is inclusive of phone line, it is time to put that phone to some use with Voice Add Ons.

For additional RM10/month, you can get Unlimited calls to TM Fixed Lines while Mobile lines are charged a flat rate of 30sen/minute. While RM28/month, gives you Unlimited Nationwide calls to TM Fixed Lines with Mobile being charged at 25sen/minute.

More details here.

P1 vs AMAX Klang Valley Coverage Comparison

It has been nearly a year since the WiMAX players had launched their commercial service and coverage has always been the main concern of consumers today. MCMC even aims WiMAX operators to target 25% of Malaysia population by end of this year. That’s 6.75 million people to cover.

So how are our WiMAX operators doing? P1 and AMAX so far are the only operators who published their coverage areas online. Compare the Klang Valley coverage below:

P1 W1MAX Coverage [ SOURCE ]

AMAX WiMAX Coverage [ SOURCE ]

These screenshots are obtained today 4th June 2009. As shown above, P1 has been expanding aggressively in the Klang Valley. Meanwhile AMAX too is also expanding by patches and we can see that there are several new spots  in Cheras updated recently.

P1 is currently the most visible WiMAX player and the coverage availability is quite extensive as shown above. If they keep this up, the 25% target could be achieved by year end.

No coverage details are available for YTL and RedTone at the moment although RedTone has started showing some WiMAX packages recently.

P1 W1MAX offers 1 month free subscription for autopay

Paying bills could be a hassle and credit card autopay does make things convenient. P1 now offers a special offer for those who take up autopay service with Visa and MasterCard holders.

If you activate autopay, P1 will offer 1 month FREE wimax subscription on the 13th month of the autopay service.

More details here.