SingTel first in APAC to offer free mobile email service

SingTel today has announced that it is offering free push-email to its postpaid customers. This, it claims, is the first of its kind in Asia Pacific. Unlike traditional emails, push-email provides an always-on connection that delivers emails directly to the mobile device.

Called MobileM@il, the pushmail service is based on an advertising platform developed by Consilient, a software company. It, however, assures that users will get "minimal number of text and graphical ads side-by-side with subscribers' email messages".

However, for users who are roaming, data charges will still apply.

MobileM@il supports multiple email accounts from SingNet, Yahoo, Gmail and Hotmail, as well as the ability to insert and save attachments.

Users can either visit any SingTel outlet or the company's IDEAS WAP portal to sign up for this service. A similar but paid service will be available at a later date.

More CommunicAsia 2007 coverage here.

Filed under:  Mobile Phones
1 Comment  |   Bookmark  |   Share

Slashdot

Digg

Facebook

Twitter

Delicious

Reddit

Google

StumbleUpon

close this

Add tag

To add tags, you need to become a member. It's FREE.

Cancel

Log in or sign in

 

Talkback

lemontree

View profile
Send mail

lemontree says...
It's not really free. More reading on Singtel's webpage (www.ideas.singtel.com...) on this service states that there is a monthly subscription charge of $1.99. Data usage charges are as follows...

Pay Per use: Standard data charges of S$0.0037/kb for 3G and S$0.0053/kb for GPRS ( based on 2kb blocks) apply.

Data price plan: Data usage charges are deductible from bundle if you are subscribed to a Data³ Price Plan. Standard data charges apply thereafter.

Jun 26, 2007 00:19

Flag as offensive

 

To post comments, you need to become a member. It's FREE.  

Log in or sign in