Mobile roaming traiffs of South East Asia anticipated to be halved by early next year. According to Energy, Water and Communications Minister Shaziman Abu Mansor, a reduction was necessary as charges were exceptionally high. “We plan to reduce roaming charges with Singapore first,” he said. Reduction in the roaming fees will trim down the burden on the tens of thousands of Malaysians who commute to Singapore daily. He further said, We do not want them to be paying exceptionally high roaming charges when their workplace (Singapore) is only a few kilometres (miles) away from their homes in (neighbouring) Johor.
Singaporean counterpart Lee Boon Yang had hailed the proposal. Maxis charges 1.50 ringgit (0.43 dollars) per minute for a local registered cell phone user when he uses his phone in Singapore and as high as 9.00 ringgit per minute in Cambodia. Maxis customers are charged about 30 sen per minute for local calls.

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