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16-04-2014, 11:20 PM
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StarHub has fired the first salvo, requiring its 4G subscribers to pay an additional S$2.14 per month from June 1 for its value-added services.
SINGAPORE: Smartphone users may soon have to pay more to access 4G value-added services offered by the three telcos, StarHub, SingTel and M1.
StarHub has fired the first salvo, requiring its 4G subscribers to pay an additional S$2.14 per month from June 1 for its value-added services.
These subscribers have been enjoying free promotional 4G speed boost since the launch in September 2012.
In response to queries from Channel NewsAsia, StarHub's assistant vice president of mobility, Tian Ung Ping, said that "with all promotions, there is an end date. The free promotion, which was originally scheduled to end on 31 December 2013, has been extended till 31 May 2014."
According to StarHub, the usual rate for the 4G Speed Boost value-added service is S$10.70 a month.
Market experts said StarHub's move may prompt the other two telcos, M1 and SingTel, to revise their charges for 4G access.
Currently, both M1 and SingTel do not charge for their 4G value-added services, as part of a promotion for their 4G network.
An M1 spokesman told Channel NewsAsia that the telco is currently reviewing its charges with the upgrade of its 4G network to support speeds of up to 150Mbps and the introduction of high-quality voice calls over its 4G network in the coming months.
A SingTel spokesman said the company regularly reviews its price plans.
The spokesman added that SingTel's focus is on enhancing the mobile data experience for its customers by rolling-out network upgrades, such as doubling the maximum speed of its 4G service to 300Mbps this year.
Last year, the three telcos raised charges for excess local data usage.
- CNA/ms
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/...s/1073504.html (http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/4g-users-face-price-hikes/1073504.html)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?179599-4G-users-face-price-hikes&goto=newpost).
StarHub has fired the first salvo, requiring its 4G subscribers to pay an additional S$2.14 per month from June 1 for its value-added services.
SINGAPORE: Smartphone users may soon have to pay more to access 4G value-added services offered by the three telcos, StarHub, SingTel and M1.
StarHub has fired the first salvo, requiring its 4G subscribers to pay an additional S$2.14 per month from June 1 for its value-added services.
These subscribers have been enjoying free promotional 4G speed boost since the launch in September 2012.
In response to queries from Channel NewsAsia, StarHub's assistant vice president of mobility, Tian Ung Ping, said that "with all promotions, there is an end date. The free promotion, which was originally scheduled to end on 31 December 2013, has been extended till 31 May 2014."
According to StarHub, the usual rate for the 4G Speed Boost value-added service is S$10.70 a month.
Market experts said StarHub's move may prompt the other two telcos, M1 and SingTel, to revise their charges for 4G access.
Currently, both M1 and SingTel do not charge for their 4G value-added services, as part of a promotion for their 4G network.
An M1 spokesman told Channel NewsAsia that the telco is currently reviewing its charges with the upgrade of its 4G network to support speeds of up to 150Mbps and the introduction of high-quality voice calls over its 4G network in the coming months.
A SingTel spokesman said the company regularly reviews its price plans.
The spokesman added that SingTel's focus is on enhancing the mobile data experience for its customers by rolling-out network upgrades, such as doubling the maximum speed of its 4G service to 300Mbps this year.
Last year, the three telcos raised charges for excess local data usage.
- CNA/ms
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/...s/1073504.html (http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/4g-users-face-price-hikes/1073504.html)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?179599-4G-users-face-price-hikes&goto=newpost).