The Star | January 14, 2011
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians and Singaporeans will enjoy lower mobile roaming charges in two months, says Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.
He said telecommunications operators in both countries had agreed to lower their charges by up to 30% for calls and 50% for text messages.
“In two months’ time, we should be able to solve the matter because the industry (players) have already agreed to this policy,” he told reporters at the 10th Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministers Meeting (Telmin) yesterday.
Dr Rais said the deal, which was agreed to with his Singaporean counterpart in June last year, would cover text messages, voice calls and mobile data transfer.
Singapore Information, Com-munications and the Arts Minister Lui Tuck Yew said operators on both sides of the Causeway had agreed to lower roaming charges.
On another issue, Dr Rais announced that the Telmin’s dialogue partners China, South Korea and Japan would contribute about US$3mil (RM9.17mil) for various ICT projects in Asean over the year.
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