Pay daily flat rates for data roaming in Asia

Reuben Lee | Nov 14, 2007

Come early next year, travelers in Asia will no longer need to pay per kilobyte rates when using data roaming services on their mobiles. Conexus Mobile Alliance has announced that it will be introducing the first pay-per-day data roaming flat rates in the region.

Singapore mobile operator StarHub, which is a member of the Conexus Mobile Alliance, plans to introduce this flat-rate service in the first quarter of 2008. According to StarHub, its mobile customers will be charged only daily data roaming rates up to a pre-determined price cap when roaming in the networks of the other Alliance members. Data consumption below the price cap will be charged on a per kilobyte basis. While prices will be announced only next year, the Singapore carrier estimates that users can enjoy savings of up to 80 percent with the new flat-rate plan.

Conexus Mobile Alliance is the largest consortium of mobile carriers in Asia with a combined customer base of around 160 million subscribers. Its members include NTT DoCoMo in Japan, KT Freetel in South Korea, Hutchison Telcoms (Hong Kong) in Hong Kong and PT Indosat Tbk in Indonesia.

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