Tune Talk is the Fastest Growing Telco in Malaysia

Tune Talk, the country’s newest mobile service provider has most probably welcomed its 500,000^th subscriber as of today, as predicted, living up to its goal as one of the fastest growing telcos in the country. It has targeted 1 million subscribers in its first year of operation and already has about 400,000 subscribers since its launch five months ago.

According to Tune Talk’s Chief Executive Officer, Jason Lo, the reason for the speedy growth in subscribers is because the company charges a flat fare of 22 sen per minute is applicable to any domestic call made to any operators in Malaysia and not just to selected family and friends. “How many times do people actually call family members in a day? Most calls are to people outside of this group,” he said, which makes sense.

Another pull factor would be its International Direct Dial rates. Claimed to be 10% to 30% cheaper than competing operators, it has fast become popular amongst migrant workers and parents of students studying abroad.

“Foreign workers from Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Indonesia and Vietnam find great savings when calling home on Tune Talk, while parents with children studying abroad in the US, UK, Australia, Taiwan, Canada and Hong Kong find that they now have longer talktime with their kids without having to worry about increasing phone bills or being extra careful about how long they can be on the line,” Lo added.

On top of all these perks, Tune Talk is offering prizes too! 10 lucky subscribers will receive RM200 worth of AirAsia e-Gift vouchers each everyday, which can be exchanged for AirAsia or AirAsia X flight tickets to any destination. Not only that, the company is also rewarding the 100^th and followed by every next 100th up to the 1,000th subscribers who topped up for the day. “People are flying on our network, literally!” said Lo. Pretty sweet deal we say.

Lo said Tune Talk’s service was designed with a lot of flexibility and convenience in mind. Another innovation introduced by Tune Talk is a chat-based customer care service where subscribers can log on and chat with a ‘Talk Ambassador’ to get instant replies on their problems or queries.

Operating as a mobile virtual network operator on Celcom (Malaysia) Berhad’s 2.5G network, Tune Talk offers a no-frills voice and short messaging service (SMS) package that meets the consumers’ demand for a simple, value-for-money product with easy accessibility and widest distribution reach.

Tune Talk starter SIM pack retails at RM5 and comes preloaded with RM5 worth of talk time, offering the lowest flat rate of 22 sen per minute for voice calls and 5 sen per SMS. It is now also available on selected Kuala Lumpur-bound international AirAsia flights. Subscribers can reload via e-Pay and purchase reload vouchers at over 10,000 dealers nationwide.

As if the mentioned aren’t appealing enough, Tune Talk has also come-up with a value-for-money mobile phone called the ‘Tune Talk Phone’ that retails at RM109. Every purchase is bundled with 100 minutes of free Tune Talk talktime credit and comes with a one-year warranty for the transceiver.

More details on www.tunetalk.com, be sure to check them out.

And oh, did you know Tune Talk is the only mobile service provider that rewards its subscribers with free personal accident insurance coverage that is worth RM 10,000? Now you do.