Monday, July 13, 2015

The telco space getting quite competitive

I just got the following Ad in the mailbox:


First, Celcom was offering postpaid plans at RM 35 for 3 gb of data, plus discounted calling services.  They're are basically eating the other telcos lunch.  Not so long ago 2GB of data cost anywhere from RM50 a month and more.  Now, Celcom has had enough and wants to take market share.

People seem to think TM is immune from competition. Notably, TimedotCom is offering 20 MBps for 180 per month, while Unifi is offering 10 MBps for the same price, but they do include free hypp tv services.  Speed is a major issue however.

I've tried HyppTV.  It's nothing to shout about.  They really need better movie services to even be competitive with Astro.  It appears that TM is rather uncomfortable with the broadcasting industry as Astro is an imposing force.  Hence, their execution is lacking severely with poor content and poor investment.  I don't think they believe they can seriously contend with Astro.

Unifi seems to be losing marketshare to timedotcom and are now offering 30 Mbps for 199 a month.  Competition seems real in the telco industry and nobody is immune except for maybe Astro.  It really seems to be getting ugly out there!

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