DiGi iPhone 3G

DiGi Telecommunications today announced it will offer iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G in Malaysia beginning today, with a range of 3G tariff plans tailored for iPhone customers.

iPhone 3GS is the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet, packed with incredible new features including improved speed and performance - up to twice as fast as iPhone 3G - with longer battery life, a high-quality 3 megapixel autofocus camera, easy to use video recording and hands free voice control. The groundbreaking App Store provides access to more than 150,000 applications from games to social networking to financial planning and health management, generating more than 3 billion downloads to date. iPhone is now available in over 80 countries around the world.

For more information on iPhone please visit www.digi.com.my/iphone.

High-Speed Broadband Services

Telekom Malaysia (TM) unveiled UniFi, its high-speed broadband services. The RM11.3 billion national high-speed broadband project is the flagship project of the National Broadband Initiative. The UniFi’s new broadband packages comprises of triple-play services of high-speed Internet, video (IPTV) and phone, with speeds of 5Mbps, 10Mbps and 20Mbps. The IPTV will be delivered via a 8Mbps connection exclusively, in addition to the data speeds subscribed by customers; comes with 22 linear channels, video-on-demand and interactive services.


At the initial stage, UniFi will cover four areas Bangsar, Subang Jaya, Taman Tun Dr Ismail and Shah Alam. As of today, there’s 311,000 premises passed and by end of 2010, TM aims to cover 48 exchange areas with a total of 750,000 premises passed (premises passed refers to the number of UniFi-ready premises). By 2012, approximately 1.3 million premises will be passed nationwide include inner Klang Valley, Iskandar Malaysia adn key industrial sites across the nation. So, 1(hsbb-enabled)Malaysia has to wait.


TM’s next-generation high speed broadband service promises Malaysians a faster, richer, and more reliable online experience

Telekom Malaysia Berhad’s (TM) newly launched next-generation High Speed Broadband (HSBB) service, UniFi delivers a premium online experience at affordable prices.

Called UniFi, an amalgamation of “Uni” which signifies togetherness and camaraderie, and “Fi” which symbolises fibre optics; together “UniFi” directly describes the content and product benefits of the service. The brand underscores the connection, collaboration and communication proposition by TM’s positioning as a pioneering company that opens up possibilities. UniFi also alludes to a unified platform for communications made possible by IP technology.

“With UniFi, TM is heralding a new age of digital lifestyle with a faster, richer and more reliable online experience both for the individual and business customers,” said Dato’ Zamzamzairani Mohd Isa, Group Chief Executive Officer, TM. “UniFi is an enabler for a revolutionary change of lifestyle for Malaysians. For the first time, customers will have the opportunity to experience a triple play service of voice, high-speed Internet video and phone. With UniFi, customers will find themselves having a super highway to enjoy the benefits of an enhanced digital experience ranging from entertainment to infotainment, business-to-business transaction and a world of e-services.”

According to Dato’ Zamzamzairani, UniFi is available initially for residential and business customers.

UniFi delivers faster network access speed (port speed) for bandwidth hungry applications and superior end-to-end performance. It comes with triple-play services of high-speed Internet, video (IPTV and Video on Demand (VoD)) and phone.

For residential customers, here are the packages and prices:

Package and speeds	5Mbps	10Mbps	20Mbps
Price per month	RM149	RM199	RM249

It is also important to note that UniFi subscribers enjoy 22 free linear TV channels and exciting new VoD titles, refreshed every month as a value-added service. These channels are delivered via an 8Mbps connection exclusively and in addition to the data speeds of 5, 10 and 20Mbps they subscribe to. With IPTV, customers can be in control of their TV as they can watch the programmes according to their own schedules – no more fixed programme schedule to follow. IPTV also provides platform for interactive applications for customers to enjoy.
UniFi subscribers also pay no installation and activation charges or charges for equipment such as their residential gateway unit, set top box and optical network unit, worth more than RM1,000. There is no deposit required as well.

New and existing 4Mbps Streamyx Combo and non-Combo customers will only pay RM140/month effective immediately, regardless of their location. This is to encourage 4Mbps Streamyx subscribers located in areas where UniFi is available to upgrade to UniFi and for those outside to switch to the Blockbuster package.

For business customers, UniFi packages come with the same speeds but are packaged without the IPTV and VoD. The prices and packages are as follows:

Package and speeds	5Mbps	10Mbps	20Mbps
Price per month	RM199	RM599	RM899

UniFi offers a compelling value proposition for businesses to exploit the full potential of already familiar enterprise-class communication tools such as hosted web-based group messaging, Customer Relationship Management, Enterprise Resource Planning and Supply Chain Management.

How To Subscribe

It’s easy to subscribe to the UniFi package of your choice.

Just follow these simple steps:

1. Check for UniFi service availability at the Check Service Availability page
2. If your location is serviceable, just drop in to any tmpoint to subscribe to UniFi:
   
   
   1. Bangsar
   2. Menara TM
   3. Taipan
   4. Shah Alam
   5. Damansara Utama
   6. Muzium Telekom

Checkout for more info about HSBB here : http://www.unifi.my