www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Cell One and MTC, the competing mobile operators in Namibia are offering free calls to their subscribers from 22h00 to 06h00 everyday as long as they have a minimum N$5.00 balance.
The first one to launch the service was Cell One followed by MTC. Both the operators informed their subscribers about the offering through SMS (short message service) that its customers were eligible to get “free calls between 10pm and 6am and 100 free SMS per day” as long as they had N$5.00 minimum balance.
Both the Namibian operators are engaged in a cut throat competition where if opne of them introduces a particular campaign within a few days other one comes up with a similar plan.
In recent weeks, the competition os for the prepaid 3G Internet product, which until recently MTC had been selling at more than N$1,500 for a starter pack. Cell One, in its counter strategy, responded by introducing a similar product for N$900. But this strategy dint work for long as MTC introduced the cheapest 3G package at N$850.
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Celcom Malaysia has introduced “New XPAX” prepaid plan which aims at youth which is looking for best valued prepaid service. The new plan will enable the subscribers to register 15 favourite numbers or “15pax” from all networks operating in the country. According to Celcom’s CEO Datuk Seri Shazalli Ramly, the development of the “New XPAX” plan is based on extensive research on the mobile behaviour of customers, mainly the youths.
“15pax” has the best flat call and SMS rates for as low as 12 sen/minute on voice calls, ½ sen/SMS within Celcom network and 6 sen/SMS to other networks, said Shazalli.
Other rates offered include video calls at only 30 sen/minute and MMS at 35 sen/MMS.
The new prepaid plan has a credit expiry period of two years, enabling the subscribers to keep their number active for two years without reloading their accounts.
“Following the youthful trend of constantly being on-the-go, the “New XPAX” plan allows customers to stay connected on the internet and enjoy unlimited surfing with the cheapest and fastest mobile broadband at only RM6 daily or RM20 weekly,” he said.
“The “New XPAX” appeals to our young customers in relevance to their specific tastes and lifestyle needs. Due to the uniqueness of this product, we remain a competitive player in the telecommunications industry,” said Shazalli.
The New XPAX’ subscribers will be offered free credit every month based on their usage frequency, enjoy birthday bonuses that include free calls and SMS to their “15pax” throughout their birthday week, and additional five days of coverage when they reload a minimum of RM10 within the week before their credit expires.
The “New XPAX” is available at a price of RM8.50 and comes with RM5 airtime.
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Etisalat Nigeria has launched a new package, Easy Cliq, targeted at the youth. The new package offers free night calls to Cliq group members, a bonus on incoming calls, a Facebook update service by SMS, 10 MMS per month, 3 MB of data downloads each month and other value-added services such as ringtones and wallpaper downloads.
The package comes with four individual Sim cards, which are bundled together and numbered sequentially to give members of a group easy identification with each other. Calls made to other group member will be charged at a slashed price of NGN 0.25 per second off-peak and NGN 0.40 during peak hours, while calls to other lines cost NGN 0.50.
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: T-Mobile Germany has re-introduced a prepaid promotion for its subscribers, wherein it offers free calls to other T-Mobile subscribers in Germany during weekend for a month, if subscribers top up their call credit with at least EUR 15.
The promotion will run from 1 May to 30 June’09 and is valid for T-Mobile XtraCard 5/5, XtraNonstop as well as prepaid subscribers with an Apple iPhone after activation of the option.