Telecom Provider LIME has
certainly been on the offensive since August 2013 against Digicel’s DigiHome
Product with TalkEZ Plan and cheaper 30-days, JA$300 3G Data plans and even Alcatel One Touch T-Pop
for free as stated in my blog article entitled
“LIME
Jamaica introduces 30-day Data Plans for JA$300 and a free Alcatel One Touch
T'Pop - How the Butler started the Smartphone Data Revolution”.
Now they’ve responded to Telecom Provider Digicel’s revamped Postpaid
products as stated in my
blog article
entitled “Digicel
Upgrades Smart and Value Postpaid Plans to Smart Postpaid Plans geared towards
smartphones - More helpings of Data and International Calling Bundles is How I
Live Now” with their own brew, so to speak, called Postpaid Plus, based on
the advertisement below.
Postpaid Plus is really an upgraded versions of LIME Ultrapak where the Customers only
have to shell out an extra JA$500 have to the convenience of Postpaid and not
have to bother with topping up whenever credit runs out. Best of all is the one
flat rate to call everyone and free nights and weekends, an offer sure to make
anyone a night owl!
Telecom Provider LIME has also
cooked up something special for Blackberry Customers worried about being left
in the cold or harbouring thoughts of buying Digicel’s DL700 smartphones as
noted in my blog article
entitled “Digicel
has launched the DL700, an upgrade to the DL600 on Friday December 6th 2013 -
The Alcatel One Touch Pop C3 is Digicel’s latest Unicorn that may be harder to
catch”.
They’ve come up with another Blackberry Plan in the same vein as the 30-days, JA$300 3G Data
Plans. In this new Blackberry plan you can get Blackberry service for JA$200
per week as shown below.
Postpaid and Data Services are now all the rage with the Telecom
Providers, who are now catching on to the demand as the lower rates makes
Postpaid Services more attractive as predicted in my blog article
entitled “OUR
Records Voice Decline for the Fourth Quarter of 2010 - Postpaid, Data Services
and Fixed Line Mobile and Landline Saturday Night Fever for Telecom Providers”
and “OUR
Telecom Provider Stats indicate JA$14 billion profit for Second Quarter of
2011AD - Telecom Providers Stacking up all Faces on the Argo Video Calling and
VoIP on smartphones”.
By May 2014, when MNP (Mobile Number Portability) and LNP (Landline
Number Portability) kick in as originally reported in my blog article
entitled “OUR
sets Cross-Network Rates at JA$1.10 as of Monday July 1 2013 - Everything is
Possible as we’re Zombies for Data World War Z”, Jamaicans will be spoilt
for choice as it relates to Postpaid Services in Jamaica.
LIME Browse and Talk – ADSL
suddenly has a new spring in its step
Telecom Provider LIME has also
been touting its Browse and Talk to Residential Customers as a means of
reviving its sagging ADSL Packages, who’ve bees switching to Triple Play
Provider FLOW’s Surf and Chat. Browse and Talk
comes in two distinct flavors as shown in the ad below.
Browse and Talk
is also a defense against Telecom Provider Digicel’s DigiHome product launched in
September 2013 that’s basically a Postpaid Fixed Line and 3G Data Service as
stated 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”.
LIME’s responded to DigiHome and
the coming MNP/LNP Scenarios in May 2014 has resulted in them rebranding and
re-launching of ADSL (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) products under
three (3) Business Packages as described with my blog article
entitled “LIME
rolls out new Business themed ADSL and Local and International Landline Calling
Bundles - DigiHome offense could Herald the coming of LIME FTTH and relaunch of
LIME TV”.
So for those considering their options, Browse and Talk is basically ADSL
Packages that combine the ADSL Data Service with the Landline Voice Service via
one flat low rate in two (2) distinct plans as shown below:
1.
Mega Plus Plan - 2 Mbps – JA$2,500 per month
2.
Mega Extreme Plan – 8 Mbps – JA$3,300 per month
Not so crazy about these name as the speeds are not as the names imply.
But as its Broadband which usually has better Latency and thus better Browsing
even at lower speeds than Mobile Broadband, I’ll overlook this foible of
marketing on the part of Telecom Provider LIME!
The following caveats apply though:
1.
No line Rental
2.
Browse and Talk Plans last for thirty (30) days
at a time
3.
Bill have to be paid three (3) days prior to the
Due Date
4.
Balances can be checked via call Toll Free to
1-888-429-5987
The Calling Rates are as follows:
To call numbers outside of those listed above, dial 103 before the number
or use a Jus Talk Calling Card….if you can find one that is, as they’re only
easy to find in the Tourist Resort areas!
Dual-SIM Smartphone Storm is
coming – Tablet manufacturing opportunity beckons
Already too, based on my sources in the smartphone business in New
Kingston, Telecom Provider Digicel and Telecom Provider LIME are already offering MNP and LNP to
business customers on a trial basis. That’s the usual shtick; Business people
as the guinea pigs to test out a new Service before they roll it out to the
general public.
So come May 2014, MNP and LNP for Residential customer will be marked by
an increased interest in Dual-SIM Smartphones as predicted in my Geezam blog article entitled “Trend towards Dual-SIM
Smartphones developing in Jamaica as MNP Approaches”.
They’ll also be
an increased interest in smartphones and Tablets in the US$200 affordable sweet
spot now that Christmas 2013 sales of Digicel DL600 and DL700 has whetted our
appetites for these budget smartphones and Tablets as noted in my blog article
entitled “Jamaicans
falls in love with Digicel's DL600 and DL700 during Christmas 2013 - Sub-US$100
smartphones driving rapid smartphone adoption in Jamaica as Manufacturing is
Possible”.
Samsung
smartphones, already all the Rage in Jamaica, will benefit according to my
smartphone source in New Kingston as noted in my blog article entitled
“Samsung
to launch Dual-SIM Samsung Galaxy Core in May 2013 as Dual-SIM Smartphone Trend
accelerates”.
In the meantime follow the shenanigans of Telecom Provider LIME on:
1.
LIME website
(which I still think needs revamping to make it more Tablet and smartphone
friendly!)
2.
LIME’s
YouTube Page, which is also in need of more structured maintenance.
And yes, Jamaica can STILL manufacture these gadgets, both smartphones
and Tablets to take advantage of the demand both locally, regionally and
internationally as Hurricane ravaged and Earthquake shaken Haiti is rising up
to do as reported in my blog article
entitled “Haiti's
Surtab SA and Handxom SA making 7-inch Tablet to supply Digicel - Pengelley's
Tablets need Cheap Electricity for Plants to make LED, Li-Ion Batteries and
Solar Panels”.
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