Looks like Telecom Provider Digicel has upgraded their postpaid offering
yet again. Possibly realizing that the Smart and Value Postpaid Plans didn’t
offer much in the way of Value, not to mention leaving the user feeling less
than smart as noted in my blog
article entitled
“How
Digicel quietly launched Postpaid Smart & Value Plans should lead to 2-year
Data and Voice Plans”.
They’ve ditched the Value Plans in favour of Smart Plans instead. These
new Postpaid plans can be viewed on Digicel’s
Smart Postpaid Plans website! Now if they
could only increased adverising and promotion of these Smart Postpaid Plans,
then all would be right with Telecoms in Jamaica!
You can text 162 to 137 with existing postpaid customers dialing *162#
and you’ll get the same info that’s on the flyer. So I’ll break it down for you
real simple.
It’s a big improvement on the Smart and Value Postpaid Plans as the
International Calling Minutes and Data Plan come bundles into each Plan instead
of being optional add-ons you have to purchase as an after thoughts.
Also, based on the Data Bundles, albeit still small, it’s definitely
suggests that Digicel is gearing this towards Postpaid Smartphone users. The
Plans as listed above are:
1.
StartSmart
2.
GoSmart
3.
MoreSmart
4.
PremiumSmart
5.
EliteSmart
6.
MaxSmart Plan
This is a move in the right direction, as smartphones are supposed to be
sold on 2 year contract with Data and Voice Plans. Once a phone has a 3G radio
built in, the customer has to have a Data Plan as argued in my blog
article entitled
“Digicel
officially launches DL600 smartphones on Friday October 18th 2013 and JA$100
2-Day Data Plans - Ours is the Fury as Digicel’s DL600 secures their Throne in
this Game of Phones against LIME”.
Otherwise the customer will just have a fancy smartphone and choose to
use Wi-Fi for their Data instead of buying a “4G” Mobile Data Plan. Eventually
it’s hoped that all Telecom Providers will eventually make it impossible for
persons to just bring a smartphone into the island.
Then they can place it on any Telecom Provider’s Network without paying
for a Data Plan or putting the smartphone on Postpaid, thus allowing them to
maximize on the phone’s access to their Network, make more money.
Customer will benefit by getting a better Mobile Data experience instead
of sneaking off and stopping stock in the middle of the sidewalk while walking through
New Kingston just to catch some free Wi-Fi Internet.
This is the latest in a series of Postpaid services since they introduced
their new six (6) separate packages on Friday June 14th 2013 as
explained in my blog
article entitled “Digicel
responds to LIME and introduces Six Plans with lowest rate of JA$2.49 on Friday
June 14 2013 - Digicel’s new Six Plan Rates wants Your Body, Christina Aguilera
Style”.
Telecom Provider Digicel had already rolled out DigiHome in Jamaica in a
push for Telecom Provider LIME’s Landline customers as noted in my blog
article entitled “Digicel
rolls out DigiHome, their first Residential Postpaid Fixed Line Service - Ramp
up for Landline Number Portability and LIME’s Homefone XPress”. It’s only a
matter of time to see how Jamaicans warm up to these new Postpaid offers come
May 2014.
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