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Smartphone rebate turnaround: MCMC hung out to dry?

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The MCMC gave us a few solid motives on why there has been a want for a rate-cap on the cellphone rebate But whilst the industry regulator changed into ably protecting its scheme, the Government did a backflip and removed it > IT isn't each day that I have to publicly admit I became wrong, so mark at the present time, parents.   A little greater than per week in the past, I wrote a scathing piece approximately the Malaysian Government’s decision to position a cap of RM500 at the charge of smartphones that could come under its RM200 rebate software announced final September for Budget 2013.   This changed into the final nail inside the coffin, for most people here at Digital News Asia (DNA) have been towards the rebate inside the first location, which will value the Malaysian tax-payer RM300 million that might be higher spent upgrading infrastructure and broadening access to the Internet for all the economically-disadvantaged in the usa, not simply 1.five million residents...

5000+ opt for smartphone rebate; RM500 price cap removed (Updated)

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Thousands check in in the first 12 hours of offer Cabinet concurs to take away RM500 rate cap NEARLY 5,500 human beings from ages 21 to 30 registered for the Youth Communications Package (YCP) which offers an RM200 (US$65) rebate for the purchase of smartphones, as at 7pm on Jan 1, the primary day of the offer, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) stated in a declaration.   The scheme, which became introduced as a part of the national price range, is being applied via seven telecommunications corporations: Celcom, Clixster, DiGi, Maxis, Tune Talk, U Mobile and YTL Communications; and coordinated by the MCMC.  >“We are grateful and pleased by way of the general public guide for this scheme,” stated MCMC chairman Dato' Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi. “This overwhelming reaction indicates that humans, in particular youths, are prepared to move into the ICT age and be given the world of Internet generation improvement." UPDATE: Meanwhile, Information, Cul...

Smartphone rebate intended for lower-income group: MCMC

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Plenty of sub-RM500 telephones to be had, says MCMC, and target is decrease-income group Regulator additionally announces minor furnish scheme of RM1,000 every for on line agencies IN the wake of criticism over the RM200 rebate for teenagers to purchase smartphones, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) stated the incentive became without a doubt intended for those who otherwise couldn't afford it.   The so-referred to as Youth Communication Package turned into announced by means of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak as part of Budget 2013 tabled in September this 12 months to encourage extra youths, in particular the ones in rural areas, to enjoy the state’s broadband centers, the enterprise regulator stated in a statement.   The scheme will be carried out by participating mobile agencies (celcos) and coordinated via the MCMC.   Youths who qualify for the RM200 rebate may be capable of buy decided on 3G smartphones costing up to RM500 from sele...

The smartphone rebate just got stupider

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Only eligible for pre-authorized gadgets costing underneath RM500; different qualifying standards simply as terrible Smartphone rebate still stinks of an election ploy, with viable ‘crony play’ now added in as nicely ONE of the maximum flabbergasting initiatives unveiled via Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (percent underneath) , Malaysia’s Prime Minister and Finance Minister, in his proposed country wide price range, changed into a rebate of RM200 (US$65) for kids to buy a 3G cellphone.   As my colleague Karamjit Singh cited in his observation, Budget 2013 cellphone rebate: A stupid factor to do , the RM300 million (US$ninety eight million) could have been placed to higher use on other projects to broaden the ICT atmosphere inside the usa.   It’s all about smartphones these days admittedly, with the device speedy turning into the primary factor of get right of entry to to the Internet and entry to the Digital Economy for an increasingly more large section of society.   Research corpor...