Happy for RM30

Is it true? for RM30 you can get happy? Yes, in a way. Happy is a new provider on the prepaid mobile market running on the DiGi network. They have a nice easy to understand call plan.

Call rates are 1c per second, with a cap of 99c per call. sounds very interesting.. per second billing is great for short calls and yet having long chats will only cost me 99c! Better yet, each message costs only 10c. Looks like Happy is the only provider that doesn't discriminate between other providers. Now I don't have to think who's on what provider cause the rate is the same. Happy's reload validity is also longer than current providers. Each reload gives you 60 days of validity. So, reloading the minimum of RM5 will give my sim another 60 days of life. Really great for low usage users. What else? well, 018 is a pretty auspicious number isn't it? hehe..

For now, Happy looks like they have a good package. Is it too good to be true? well there is a trade-off. In order to get these rates, all other services cost a bomb. Some examples are are:

International SMS: RM1 (Other providers charge 20c)
All international calls: RM5/min (Way to high)
GPRS: 5c/kb (Five times more than current providers)

You can compare rates with Battle of the prepaid providers blog I wrote.

Now, how do I get my happy package? I don't see any happy shops around (unless your in langkawi). Well, just pop by the happy website and order it online and they'll deliver it to you for free (at time of writing)!

In summary, Happy's pros and cons:

Pros:
Cheap short calls
Capped long calls
No discrimination between providers
Reasonably prices sms rates
Non-complicated structure

Cons:
Other services are very expensive
One minute calls are more expensive than other providers

Overall for people who use just the basic functions of the phone, especially low usage users, this is a great plan and very economical. I give a definate thumbs up to happy.