Last week, Minister of Communications Fahmi Fadzil announced that telecommunication companies (telcos) will not enforce additional fees for subscribers accessing the 5G network.
Of all the telcos, CelcomDigi stands out as the only company that mandates customers to acquire extra passes for accessing 5G on its basic plans.
These passes, known as 5G Booster Passes, are promoted at varying rates, starting from RM3 per day up to RM20 per month.
According to SoyaCincau, the company said:
We wish to clarify that CelcomDigi customers are not charged for access to 5G with any of its postpaid or prepaid plans.
Currently, postpaid customers can enjoy 4G/5G with any of our available CelcomDigi Postpaid 5G Plans. Additionally, customers have the choice to purchase additional data for 4G&5G via the Celcom Life or MyDigi app from as low as RM10/month for 60GB, the most generous data quota offering in the market today. This payment is not for 5G access. The extra data ensures customers can enjoy 5G services without disruption.
Prepaid customers are also able to enjoy 5G with two prepaid plans bundled with 4G&5G, namely Xpax Prepaid 48 and Digi Prepaid Next 5G 48. Similarly, prepaid customers can opt to purchase added data for 4G&5G via the Celcom Life or MyDigi app from as low as RM3 for 3GB.
It is our commitment to make certain that CelcomDigi customers enjoy 4G&5G access seamlessly, and a key part of this is to ensure customers have adequate quotas to avoid any such disruption by enabling one of the most generous quota offerings in the market today.
CelcomDigi.
To sum up, CelcomDigi is rationalising the introduction of 5G Boosters for their lower-tier plans by asserting that users on these plans would benefit from additional data for an enhanced 5G experience.
Nonetheless, for users subscribed to Xpax or Digi Postpaid 40 or 60 Plans, the use of 5G Boosters remains necessary to access 5G services.
Prepaid users have the option to opt for daily or weekly 5G Boosters from CelcomDigi, each providing supplementary data.
