Looking for a prepaid plan to use for your business? Here’s a comparison of all the unlimited mobile prepaid plans available in Malaysia.
Prepaid plans are preferred by some businesses due to its lower-costing flexible call and data plans, and you can limit usage as you pay before you use, hence the name prepaid.
Recently, Malaysian telcos (telecommunications companies) have introduced unlimited prepaid plans that includes unlimited usage for calls and internet data. However, the best plan will still need to depend on your personal requirements.
Keep in mind that telcos has stopped providing receipts for prepaid top-ups, so if you need to do claims you’ll need to look into postpaid plans for that. However, you can still purchase top-ups from convenient stores and use those receipts as a workaround.
Top telcos in Malaysia:
- Celcom
- Digi
- Maxis
- U Mobile
- Tune Talk
- Unifi
- Yes
- redONE
- MCalls
- Yoodo
- XOX
Opensignal Ranking
Opensignal ranks telcos across the world, here are the rankings for Malaysian telcos as of September 2020.
Video Experience: Maxis
Games Experience: Maxis
Voice App Experience: U Mobile & Unifi (tied)
Download Speed Experience: Maxis
Upload Speed Experience: U Mobile
4G Availability: Celcom
4G Coverage Experience: Celcom
Celcom Xpax Prepaid Pack
Wide network coverage and stable connection, it’s the best plan that would suit most businesses.
Plan cost: RM 35
Validity: 30 days
Calls: Unlimited
Internet Data: Unlimited
Hotspot: 3GB limit
Extra: 1GB free basic internet
Note: There’s also a RM 12 plan that’s valid for 7 days with a 1GB hotspot limit
Note 2: All plans will automatically have a ring tone activated, after 14 days you’ll be charged RM 0.75 per week thereafter. You have to manually cancel it using their app or via SMS.
Browse other add-ons here on their website
Digi Prepaid NEXT Truly High-Speed
Plan cost: RM 35
Validity: 30 days
Calls: 10 cent per minute
Internet Data: 40GB
Hotspot: Unknown
Note: There’s also a RM 30 plan with 20GB internet data instead
Browse other add-ons here on their website
Maxis Hotlink Prepaid Unlimited
Plan cost: RM 35
Validity: 30 days
Calls: Unlimited
Internet Data: Unlimited (3Mbps)
Hotspot: Unlimited
Note: There’s also a RM 45 plan with double the internet speed also
Browse other add-ons here on their website
U Mobile GX38
Plan cost: RM 35
Validity: 30 days
Calls: Unlimited
Internet Data: Unlimited (6Mbps)
Hotspot: 6GB
Note: There’s a RM 30 plan without unlimited calls
Note 2: There’s also a RM12/week plan with 3Mbps internet speed (but at 3Mbps speed) with unlimited calls and 1GB hotspot limit
Note 3: Free insurance for 1 month but they’ll charge RM3 per month after that
Browse other add-ons here on their website
Tune Talk #SureOne
Plan cost: RM 28
Validity: 30 days
Calls: Unlimited only to other Tune Talk numbers, 22 cents per minute to other telco numbers
Internet Data: 10GB
Hotspot: ?
Extra: 6GB extra internet data for YouTube and Netflix only
Note: There’s a RM 48 plan for unlimited calls to all network (and 40GB extra internet data for YouTube and Netflix)
Note 2: There’s also a RM10 plan with 3Mbps internet speed (but at 3Mbps speed) with unlimited calls and 1GB hotspot limit
Note 3: There’s even a yearly plan for RM200 for 10GB high speed internet + 10GB basic internet with unlimited calls
Browse other add-ons here on their website
Unifi Mobile BEBAS Prepaid
Plan cost: RM 35
Validity: 30 days
Calls: None (have to separately purchase RM 7 for 60 minutes of talk time)
Internet Data: 10GB
Hotspot: None
Note: There’s a weekly plan for RM12
Browse other add-ons here on their website
Yes Mobile Kasi Up Prepaid
Plan cost: RM 30
Validity: 30 days
Calls: Unlimited only to other Yes Mobile numbers, 9 cents per minute to other telco numbers
Internet Data: Unlimited (3Mbps speed)
Hotspot: None
Note: There’s a RM40 plan for 4Mbps internet speed
Browse other add-ons here on their website
RedONE Prepaid Plan
Plan cost: RM 25
Validity: 30 days
Calls: Unlimited only to other RedONE prepaid numbers, 10 cents per minute to RedONE postpaid numbers, 16 cents per minute to other telco numbers
Internet Data: 5GB
Hotspot: None
Note: There’s also a 10GB plan for RM 45
Browse other add-ons here on their website
MCalls Surf Plus
Plan cost: RM 48
Validity: 30 days
Calls: 15 cents per 30 seconds
Internet Data: 3GB
Hotspot: None
Note: There’s also a cheaper 1GB plan for RM 16
Browse other add-ons here on their website
Yoodo Unlimited Prepaid
Plan cost: RM 35
Validity: 30 days
Calls: 50 minutes
Internet Data: 3GB
Hotspot: 2GB
Note: Configurable to RM 43 for 6Mbps instead of 3Mbps internet speed
Note 2: Yoodo uses Celcom’s network coverage so you can expect similar connectivity
Browse other add-ons here on their website
ONEXOX Prepaid
Plan cost: RM 35
Validity: 28 months
Calls: 50 minutes
Internet Data: 5 GB
Hotspot: 2GB
Note: Configurable to RM 43 for 6Mbps instead of 3Mbps internet speed
Note 2: Yoodo uses Celcom’s network coverage so you can expect similar connectivity
Browse other add-ons here on their website
Bottom Line
The top three prepaid plans is from Celcom, Digi, and Maxis. Most of these prepaid plans share similarities for unlimited calls and unlimited internet data so it’ll have to depend on your usage. Hotspot usage is convenient but it’s only available for some of these plans. Crucial factors such as internet speed and network coverage should be considered for choosing a prepaid plan for your business.
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