The golden rule of marketing, “when you can’t convince your customers, confuse them!”
Allow me to take away that confusion and unclarity of some information that was hidden from your knowledge. If you are a busy/lazy person who has no time to time to go through all the contents provided by DiGi, then this post is a must-read for you.
Amidst all the innovative call plans that have been introduced by DiGi to her faithful customers, one thing remains unclear – the call rates and sms rates. Every time upon coming across with such new plans, it is always a headache for me (other prepaid subscribers) to choose what suits me (them).
I took the initiative to cover “almost” thoroughly the call rates and sms rates offered by DiGi in my old blog. At present, most of my friends have switched to DiGi prepaid now. That’s a good news for me because I can sms and call more!
As we know, there are currently several subscription plans offered by DiGi: Chat Plus, FUYOH!, Beyond and Powerpack.
With Chat Plus™, we can activate and instantly call anyone on any network, anytime, anywhere for only a low flat rate of 36sen per minute. Meaning we do not have to accumulate RM30 and above in order to enjoy the lower flat-rate calls.
The call rates:
- 36sen per minute flat.
The SMS rates:
- 1sen (Friends and Family),
- 7sen (within DiGi’s network), and
- 15sen (from DiGi network to other local networks).
MMS charges are:
- 10sen (Friends and Family MMS),
- 25sen (within DiGi’s network), and
- 50sen (DiGi mobile to other operators).
Community Zone applies. No subscription fee applied.
With FUYOH!™, you can begin with the lowest messaging rate of 7sen per SMS to anyone on any network end your day with FUYOH!™ Hours which allows you to make free calls after the first 3 minutes!
The call rates:
- 48sen per minute (usage below RM30), and
- 36sen per minute (usage above RM30).
The SMS rates:
- 1 sen (Friends and Family),
- 7sen (within DiGi’s network), and
- 7 sen (from DiGi network to other local networks).
MMS charges are:
- 10sen (Friends and Family MMS),
- 25sen (within DiGi’s network), and
- 25sen (DiGi mobile to other operators).
Community Zone applies. Subscription fee of RM3 per month will be charged.
All else, you may just stick with Beyond, the original plan.
The call rates:
- 48sen per minute (usage below RM30), and
- 36sen per minute (usage above RM30).
The SMS rates:
- 1 sen (Friends and Family),
- 7sen (within DiGi’s network), and
- 15sen (from DiGi network to other local networks).
MMS charges are:
- 10sen (Friends and Family MMS),
- 25sen (within DiGi’s network), and
- 50sen (DiGi mobile to other operators).
Community Zone applies. No subscription fee applied.
With Powerpack, you get to enjoy sending unlimited SMSes to 6 Friends and Family contacts and MTV downloads. PS: Need more info on this. The below information supplements some of what you should know if you are using DiGi Prepaid. If you have registered your 6 favourite numbers for Friends and Family™, you get to enjoy a call rate of 15sen per minute as well as 1sen per SMS and 10sen per MMS to your 6 favourite contacts.
With Friends and Family Plus™, in addition to the 6 DiGi numbers, you can add another 2 favourite contacts of yours from other networks. In addition to the Friends and Family plan mentioned above, you will enjoy a call rate of 15sen per minute, 15sen per SMS and 50sen per MMS to the 2 non-DiGi numbers which you had registered. A monthly subscription fee of RM3 applies.
If you are in the Community Zone™ (college and university campuses and major shopping malls), you also get the chance to enjoy a call rate of 15sen per minute whenever you make calls to other DiGi numbers. Should there be any mistakes or other relevant information which you think has to be added do feel free to let me know. I will start recycling some of my Top Posts from my old blog to benefit my readers as well as to drive in more traffic. Way to go recycling!
9 comments ↓
I’m using Digi postpaid. Not that I really care about the rates. I just love my number. Ha ha ha .. but then, ever since I moved to digi a couple of years ago, life has been much much better.
:: daniel :: Cibol, I am considering changing from Digi prepaid to Digi postpaid once I start to work. Now being a student, better stick with prepaid first. Still waiting for the Mobile Number Portability to arrive so that I can also change my current Maxis postpaid to Digi postpaid. Haha.
Hi Daniel,
I am also DIGI user. BUT recently my friends said there is HAPPY from DIGI more worth it. I am not sure whether is true or not..
:: daniel :: Hey KY, I just bought myself a HAPPY prepaid also. Well, just to try it out. HAPPY charges a maximum 99sen, which is a very good deal for heavy phone users. Just some simple mathematics, when you make a call for 2.75 minutes (assume Digi prepaid: 36sen/min) or 7.62 minutes (Digi postpaid: 13sen/min) it will cost you 99sen. But if you are using HAPPY, you can talk for 45 minutes at 99sen. Good deal right!!
it’s wiser to stick with prepaid unless u really really make a lot of calls. But nowadays, if u really wanna ‘boil porridge’ with loved ones or just family, Happy will do the trick. I have one now for calling home. Otherwise, if u change the postpaid, you will have higher commitment in form of monthly bill but you won’t need it that much since your company is bound to provide phone either a mobile or fixed line. Ask ah pui, he terminated his fixed line quite some time ago if not mistaken.
:: daniel :: Hey Ian, DiGi always the smarter choice.
Too bad, Digi no signal at my place.
:: daniel :: KitKat, which part of Malaysia are you staying?
I’m a heavy user. My work requires me to make call for business arrangements and also because of the amount friends that I have around me. Busy eh? Not really la. But then, you have to be committed to use post-paid. I pay initial amount of 100 before the bill come and when they bill came, I pay the balance if it’s over 100.
and of course I choose post-paid because i don’t need the hassle of finding a top up card in the middle of the night or when I have no time to go out.
FYI, finding a topup is not really a hassle, especially now via atm or online. I bet it takes less than time get a phone topup than pay for ur bills.
Cibol,
Huge amount of friends… I usually opt for SMS. That’s what young people do. Well, at least for now I am using HAPPY if I really want to “masak bubur” with them.
Ian,
Seems like Ian is a great prepaid supporter. Apart from atm or online, we can still reload via operator. For me, I prefer online reload, it saves me those hussles.
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