MOBILEONE (M1) will commercially launch its third-generation (3G) mobile phone service in Singapore on Thursday.
It is the first telco here to state the cost for one of the main attractions of a 3G service, video-calls, at $0.40 a minute.
M1 also said it will offer lower-priced handsets as well as for existing customers to upgrade easily to a 3G plan, from their present ones.
A pair of Motorola E1000 3G phones will cost $1,196, while the Nokia 6630 will be sold at $798 each.
Existing M1 customers can move to 3G services on their current plan by first buying a 3G handset and switching to a 3G SIM card.
The other two telcos, StarHub and SingTel, have both been making announcements about its 3G services, largely in their content offerings, in a run-up to their respective commercial launches.
Neither have announced charges yet.
For instance, SingTel, which is expected to start charging in March, is currently offering free video calls and movie downloads to its 3G users.
M1 is also offering free MP3 downloads and Web surfing till the end of March.
Full story in The Straits Times on Thursday.
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