red ONE launches new Data8 postpaid plan for only RM8/month

UPDATE: After contacting red ONE, they clarified that the Data8 postpaid plan has no limited data bundles. That means, once you’ve purchased a data bundle, your data usage is unlimited and will only be throttled once you’ve depleted the quota.

The local price war among the telcos in Malaysia has been heating up recently with new offerings from Digi, Celcom and even U Mobile adding a little spice to their existing lineup.

One big problem with that price war is that these postpaid plans all hover around the RM70-RM80 mark which isn’t an insignificant amount to pay for a plan. What if you want something basic that won’t burn a hole in your pocket?

Besides the four (soon to be five) telco companies in Malaysia, there are also mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) who operate by piggybacking on an existing telco’s network — so wherever that telco has coverage, the MVNO will too. red ONE is one such company (piggybacking on Celcom’s network) and they’ve just introduced a back-to-basics postpaid plan that starts from as low as RM8/month.

What do you get for RM8/month?

Well, for starters, you get 500MB of data for free. However, once you’ve depleted your quota, you will be charged at a Pay Per Use (PPU) rate of 10sen/1MB, capping off at RM250. After 10GB of usage, your speeds will be capped at 64kbps.

To avoid expensive to PPU rates, red ONE offers data bundles which you can purchase to add on to your postpaid plan. These bundles are RM20 for 1GB, RM30 for 2GB, RM40 for 3GB, and RM60 for 5GB.

There is a caveat according to red ONE’s Facebook page. red ONE says that data speeds will depend on which data bundle you purchase. For example, if you were to pick up the RM20 for 1GB of quota, your speeds will be limited to 7.2Mbps (3G speeds). If you want to enjoy 4G LTE speeds, you will need to subscribe to a data bundle of at least 2GB (RM30).

Besides data and internet quotas, red ONE’s Data8 plan also offers users free calls to all red ONE mobile numbers, limited to 100 hours/month. Calls to other mobile networks will cost you 15sen/min while SMSes are priced at 10 sen/SMS to other networks and 5sen/SMS to red ONE users.

If you’re interested in signing up for the Data8 postpaid plan, you will have to commit to a contract of 6 months. The good thing about red ONE is that they will even allow users who have been blacklisted by other telcos to sign up, though they will have to make an upfront payment and deposit before registering.

You can sign up for this plan at any red ONE agent/partner or do so online at their website.

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