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It has been over a year since the announcement that Australian firm TPG Telecom won the bid to become Singapore’s 4th telco – more specifically, we reported the news back in December 2016.
Since then, new digital telcos/competitors like Zero Mobile and Zero1 have popped up with attractive-sounding plans, and Circles.Life has pulled off large-scale publicity events – all in a bid to capture the 4G-using market in Singapore.
TPG Telecom, however, has remained silent since the announcement in 2016, leading many to even forget that they won the bid to become our 4th telco.
Today, they finally broke their silence, and shared some updates with the media.
‘Free’ SIM For Seniors
TPG announced that it will be targeting seniors aged 65 and above when it launches its services, as “part of its commitment to contribute to Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative”.
Its mobile plan for seniors will include a SIM card, 3GB of monthly data, and unlimited calls to local mobile numbers at “no charge for the first 24 months”.
The data allowance in the plan is “aimed at encouraging the elderly to get more out of their mobile by surfing the Web, using apps like WhatsApp and WeChat, and navigating with map apps”.
“Of course, TPG will have other exciting mobile offers for the public in the near future,” added TPG Telecom’s executive chairman David Teoh.
“Well On Track” For 4G Network
In the announcement, it also revealed that it is “well on track” to deliver services on its 4G network in the second half of 2018.
More details, like its network coverage and release date will be shared in “its next update”.
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