Enjoy exclusive discount on mobile phone deals @ StarHub Private Sale (Cuppage Centre), 23-25 Oct, with your HSBC card.

M1 customers can get listed on Internet Yellow Pages from as low as $0.05 per day.

Simply add RedPAC to SingTel Mobile Plan for just $8.56 per month, to enjoy:
- share bundled talk time and sms
- 1000 minutes of free call btw u and each RedPAC line
- additional 150 free sms to any mobile number
- free incoming call
- free 2-month locator subscription

ZONE1511 are constantly looking for new ways to offer you more, they have come up with BONUS6 promotion especially for you. From August to December 2009, pay a fixed $4 monthly fee, and receive $6 worth of IDD talk time - that's $2 worth of free calls every month - It's that simple!

By easily downloading the latest album, "Butterfly Jolin", you will automatically be included in the prize draw to stand a chance to win an autographed premium package. The set consist of an autographed poster, limited edition DVD, memopad, mousepad and a funky cushion! We have 5 sets of these premium sets to giveaway so fly like a butterfly and download her album now!


Cindy Gomez is the first artist to make her debut in a mobile game through collaboration between N-Gage by Nokia and Interscope Records! In Dance Fabulous, players can find Cindy’s avatar, 5 songs, and real-life motion captured dance moves. And now you can get 30-day free game pass!

Get the Philips Twin DECT Phone with 12-month free Caller-ID at $89 only.

Present the SingTel operator logo on your mobile phone or a recent SingTel bill to enjoy:

• A free flight on weekends and public holidays. Limit to first 500 tickets each on Sat, Sun and Public Holiday

• 20% off basic flight ticket (off-peak)

Enjoy these exclusive offers from 9 April till 29 May 2009. For more info: Free Singapore Flyer with Singtel or Singtel Red .

Remember the new Local, IDD, SMS service provider in Singapore: Hoiio.com that I mentioned to you previously? Lynn strongly recommends me to use the mobile application that install in your handset. At first I am quite reluctant, but after watching this below, I give it a try. So lets look at the video first....

Very simple right? But if you want to know more details on the procedures, the following videos will give you a more detailed step-by-step guide (pretty long....)

For 2nd part refer to http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=027DBB90AA5DD5EA

So now using this software in your mobile phone, making a call using Hoiio.com is as simple as making a call from your mobile phone. In fact, I use it quite often now, using web based to send SMS (easy to use keyboard type), and this software to make IDD call.

Previously I have compared the rate of different IDD services in Singapore. Here, there is a new service provider: Hoiio.com.

They provide the following services:
- Local and International Call
- Internationa sms at 8.8 cents
- Budget Roaming at subscription fee of S$5 per month

Their services is particular useful if you have a free incoming call service plan. For the local call, what they do is that, you key in your friend number, then they will call you and connect you to your friend. By doing so, you will not be charged for the local air time (if your mobile plan is incoming free), and you only need to pay Hoiio, which is 3.8 cents / min for local call.

For IDD as an example, if you want to call your friend oversea, say in Malaysia:

1) I use 1516, I will be charged: 0.10 + local air time (or 0.05 + local air time if off peak).

2) I use Haiio service, I will be charged: 0.10 (NO local air time changes), as they will call to me, and that will be free if I got free incoming call.

Since they will call back to you, so you save the call back charges. Some more their IDD rate is not expensive. In addition, as a new user:

- I have also received a S$1 Free Credit.
- I have 30 free invites left, and I can get 1 bonus credit for each successful invite.

So no harm to try it out, see the figure below, that is my transactions record, basically I have make a free 4 minutes call to Malaysia by using the free credit provided by them. It is FREE to try, and if you think the quality is good, then can pay and get more credit. For the call I made, the quality is GOOD, CLEAR, NO DELAY.

You can make payment with Visa, Master, Nets, and even PayPal!

Check out how to use the mobile software installed in your handphone.

So for the month when my local minutes run out, I would greatly consider this as an alternative to make oversea and local call. And I will definitely use this for Global SMS.

There are so many IDD services in Singapore, besides the 001 and 019 from Singtel, 008 and 018 from Starhub, 002 and 021 from M1, there are also other operators like 1511, 1521, 1516 .... There are different rate at different hour (peak and off peak), different rate for mobile etc... so messy. Finally, I spend half an hour to make a study, and here is my conclusion based on Malaysia, Hong Kong, and USA.

The price is indicated as peak hour rate / off peak rate. When no mention mobile, then it means is fixed line. For USA, usually fixed line and mobile have the same usage charge. If still not clear, then means their website is not clear to me.

1521 Sunpage
Offpeak: Sat 2pm to 9pm, Sun 8am to 9pm

Malaysia: 0.15 / 0.075
Hong Kong: 0.14 / 0.07
USA: 0.14 / 0.07


1516 Pheonix
Offpeak: 6pm to 8am daily

Malaysia: 0.10 / 0.05
Hong Kong: 0.10
USA: 0.10 / 0.05
Malaysia mobile: 0.15 (offpeak rate same)
Hong Kong mobile: 0.10 (offpeak rate same)


018 Starhub

Malaysia: 0.18
Hong Kong: 0.28
USA: 0.10


019 Singtel
All day flat rate

Malaysia: 0.13
Hong Kong: 0.23
USA: 0.15
Malaysia mobile: 0.16
Hong Kong mobile: 0.26


Conclusions: 1516 appears to be cheapest and longer off peak hour. And I am satisfy with its quality. I exclude the 1511 in my search, because its rate is kind of messy and I am not so satisfy with their quality sometime. The above are just my comment and experience. I get no money from them. And the information are accurate based on the time I search.

I think if we go apply, should be ok too. IT gives:

Free IDD calls to 20 popular destinations at $5.35 per month
Free IDD calls to Indonesia and Philippines at $5.35 per month
Free 20 Global SMS per month
Free registration and SIM card worth $42.80
Free $50 Takashyimay shopping vounchers

Sign a new 2-year contract to enjoy the exclusive benefits on IDD and Global SMS. Or keep the exisiting line, choose 1-year SIMple mobile plan and get the same value at up to 40% off monthly subscription.

Present the above printout to any SingTel retail shop to enjoy the offer. Offer valid until 31 March 2009.

ZONE1511 gives more rewards to their top 30 referrals in January & February 2009. Simply refer friends or business associates & if their IDD usage in January & February 2009 top the chart, you will win $50 CASH in addition to the 5% rebate below!

From now till 31 December 2009, get your friends or business associates to sign up for ZONE1511 IDD services and be rewarded with 5% of their nett usage invoice every month for a year! That's not all, you can CASH OUT when you accumulate S$100! Now you can help your friends save on their IDD bills, slash your own IDD bills and be rewarded with HARD CASH!

3 easy ways to watch your money snowball as more friends sign up with ZONE1511! For more details, click here!

Assuming 5 friends that you introduced sign up for ZONE1511 IDD services, and each uses S$500 worth of IDD services a month for 1 year.

You will earn S$500 X 5 friends x 5% = S$125 / month
Your own monthly IDD usage = $100 / month
Less 5% Referral CASHBACK Rebate = S$100 – S$125
So you pay NOTHING for the month

Balance Referral CASHBACK Rebate for the month = S$25
When your Referral CASHBACK Rebate Balance hits S$100, you can CASH OUT the amount!

Total Referral CASHBACK Rebate earned a year = S$125 X 12 = S$1500
(S$1,200 used to offset your own IDD usage bill & you could CASH OUT a total of S$300)