ALOR STAR: Telco giant Telekom Malaysia (TM) expects 15,000 students of higher learning institutions in Kedah and Perlis to take up its “Streamyx Cool Unipack” offer.
TM Kedah and Perlis general manager Pauziah Taib said the package was launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Jan 30 for tertiary students who could not afford to purchase Internet-enabled computers.
“Besides that, it will help increase the computer and broadband penetration rate in line with the national information technology agenda to raise the penetration rate to 50% of households by year-end,” she said.
Only first and second year tertiary students are eligible for the package and must obtain a verification letter from their universities before applying at any TM Point nationwide.
Streamyx Cool Unipack offers the students a combination of both a netbook and free broadband Internet access at RM50 per month for 24 months.
The package includes a free wireless modem, free Streamyx Zone account and 50 songs download per month for 12 months from TM’s music portal, HyppTunes.
In addition, subscribers will enjoy a 50% discount off the subscription rate on the first month’s subscription fee and a waiver of the RM75 activation and RM88 installation fees.
“TM will visit campuses nationwide to promote the package and expand Streamyx Zone locations to cover the grounds of unversities to offer free Internet access for all students,” Pauziah said.
She added that the netbook offer was limited to the first 100,000 subscribers only. — Bernama
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