Local telcos will continue to provide free 1GB data daily for their customers during the extended conditional movement control order (CMCO). The ongoing perk will be offered until notified otherwise.

Maxis, Celcom, Digi, U Mobile, and Yoodo have all confirmed that their prepaid and postpaid customers will be able to continue enjoying the freebie, as well as free calls to the national and state-level Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) hotlines.

Most telcos offer the free daily data only during a specific period of the day, and some also require you to redeem it daily. Here’s a recap of how the five telcos offer their free internet.

Maxis

• Free 1GB internet daily for all active Maxis, Hotlink Postpaid, Hotlink Prepaid, and Maxis Business users.
• Usage time: 8am to 6pm daily
• Free data must be redeemed daily through the relevant apps:
  • Maxis app
  • Hotlink Postpaid app
  • Hotlink app
  • Maxis Business app

Celcom

• Free 1GB internet daily and unlimited access to WhatsApp (chat, voice, and video call) for all active customers, including Celcom Business customers.
• Usage time: 8am to 6pm daily
• Automatically activated; you can check your quota balance via the Celcom Life app.

Digi

• Free 1GB internet daily for all active prepaid, postpaid, and broadband subscribers (except for Postpaid Infinite Plan subscribers).
• Usage time: 8am to 6pm daily
• One-time redemption through the MyDigi app; the free internet will be automatically renewed on a daily basis after that.

U Mobile

• Free 1GB internet daily for all active prepaid, postpaid, and broadband subscribers.
• Usage time: 8am to 6pm daily
• Automatically activated; you can check your quota balance via the U Mobile app.

Yoodo

• Free 1GB internet daily for all active users.
• Usage time: 24 hours from the renewal time and date of your free data
• Free data must be redeemed daily through the Yoodo app.

The free daily internet was announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin during the reveal of the Prihatin Economic Stimulus Package on 27 March 2020, with the offer officially starting on 1 April 2020. For some telcos, this is in addition to other bonuses and initiatives that they had already launched when the MCO first began on 18 March 2020.

Telcos were also subsequently reminded to ensure that the free internet package offered to consumers is of high quality.

(Source: The Star)

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• Digi
• Economic Stimulus Package
• Maxis
• MCO
• Movement Control Order
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• U Mobile
• Yoodo