Putrajaya: Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Hasan Malek today launched Simkad Rakyat 1Malaysia (BR1M) to help the poor, simple and students to reduce expenditure on the use of telecommunications.
Sim cards are fully private company initiative without any funding or financial incentives in the form of government and operated company Optic Tech Sdn Bhd in collaboration with mobile network provider, U-Mobile Sdn Bhd (U Mobile).
Hasan said, through BR1M addition, users can enjoy services comparable to other brands at cheap and affordable prices.
"In fact, it adds diversity to the 1Malaysia products and open access to low-income earners are more sophisticated telecommunications world.
"The panoply BR1M is not to add competition in the industry mobile network provider but, alternatives for those requiring mobile phone as primary communication tool to lower-income groups, simpler and students," he said.
He was speaking at a press conference launching BR1M here, today.
BR1M starter pack is priced at RM5.90 per sim card and supplied with free credit and 150 megabytes (MB) internet access.
Users will be charged 8 cents for every 30 seconds of a call, 8 cents per SMS and 5 cents per MB of data downloaded.
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