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Since the very first second the announcement was made, every quarters are fuming on the extra burden they should bare if it goes through. Here, it involves everyone in Malaysia, even foreign workers who are mostly prepaid subscribers. On this topic, Finance Malaysia has some words to say. Picture taken from bigmacky.wordpress.com In this modern world, mobile phones has become a necessity to us. Some may say: "I can sleep without pillow, or lost my wallet, but I cannot separate from my mobile phone". As such, does it mean that telcos can held you " ransom " on using their services? Since this is called "service tax", did telcos do their part in providing the good services (if not the best)? 3 Reasons why Telcos should not pass through the 6% service tax ? Coverage is suck in certain areas, still. There are rounds of complaints on line-dropping issues. Yup. They fixed it after that. But, the same old problems come back to haunt consumers after awhile. Cust...

Forget about the old fixed line internet connections anymore. We have the on-the-go broadband services, which provide almost unlimited boundaries for internet lover to surf anytime anywhere. However, you may not know a very unpleasant scenario is happening in Malaysia (at least I found out now). Although I comment about TM's monopoly status in fixed line internet connection previously, I still prefer Streamyx for its unlimited surfing, lower monthly charges, and stable connectivity. Most importantly, more than one people can online at the same time, without extra fees. Whereas, broadband cannot. Don't know #1 Recently, I moved to a new area, and hopes to subscribe for Streamyx (fixed line internet service provided by TM ). However, I was shock to found out that I cannot subscribe for Streamyx , because my area was under Maxis territory . Wow… Sounds like I am living in the battle-field, where Maxis won the game!!! The reason given was that my area's telephone line is b...

A lot of fighting happening on the business scene nowadays, with Proton-Fernandes and AirAsia-Tiger this year. In 2011, there will be a heat battle between YTL Comms and Astro , taking on the local broadcasting field by storm. Proton vs Fernandes   AirAsia vs Tiger Airways Business Times reported that YTL Communications Sdn Bhd planning to launch a hybrid TV by end of 2011, with many industry observers wondered how it is going to break the exclusive screening rights that satellite TV giant Astro holds with various TV content providers. " If you think you can do a monopolistic thing and control everything, I'm sorry, that era is gone . The game is over " said Tan Sri Dr Francis Yeoh, managing director of YTL Corp Bhd and executive chairman of its telecommunications arm, YTL Comms. YTL Comms is going to collaborate with US-based Sezmi Corporation to deploy hybrid TV services in Malaysia and Asia Pacific, which will combine digital TV broadcast technology with YTL's f...