My suggestion is that Malaysian telcos abolish prepaid validity periods, meaning customers can use their services so long as they are in credit. Such systems already exist in other countries such as UK. It does not mean you can keep your number forever and never use it. There would need to be a minimum usage or top up requirement, otherwise line will be terminated/barred as usual. Promotions and subscriptions will still have expiry date.

There are several advantages:

1. Convenience.
-Use when you need to
-No more line barring or worse, terminated even you're in credit
-True pay-as-you-go system
-Easier for outstation people

2. Lower income users benefit. They spend less credit but had to top up regularly to keep line active. Is this actually fair?

3. No more complications
-Example: subscribing to an internet weekly pass today yet having your service cut off say 2 days later due to validity expiry even you already paid for a week of internet will disappear

4. Overall, telcos have been scared of this kind of offering will affect their revenue. I do not think the concern is well founded since each people still has their needs and usage. These people would top up in order to buy data, make a call and SMS etc, so this won't be an issue. Also, remember U Mobile's 3x validity? On the other hand, the lower income user will have the line barred and cannot use their credit unless they top up. These poorer users are deprived the service and will not reload until they have to or can afford to.

5. This is a chance for the telcos to offer something better, simpler and more convenient to their prepaid customers and a step forward in modernising the communication system in Malaysia.

Are you even malaysian? Me as a malaysian uses data a lot. That's why so many telco offered much data

I've stated that telco can force user to topup according to minimum usage or so

You see, OneXOX just have a long² validity period. Once the validity has expired, you would start at basic again.

Data validity would remain, but account validity should be remove.

Sorry for being rude. My point is, there're still many people out there depend on prepaid. Think of students and elders

This post has been edited by kroul2: Nov 17 2016, 11:26 PM

Every people has their own usage. That means people would still spend their money, BUT depending their own usage.

What are you trying to achieve here? My suggestion is to benefit Malaysians. I believe not everybody could use postpaid or prefer prepaid.

Agree. Even if the account has many topup, but isn't active over more than allowed passive duration, then all of the credit would gone.

See this. Even telco uses validity as a sell point for extra ca$h

Why is there no any channel for users to give proposal to telcos?

Wouldn't be effective lor. They wouldn't layan these suggestions.

Because it's not actually orang dalam telco that reads the emails and Facebook messages. Telcos hire some agency(or people) for CS.

Friendi is a good example. Any usage including making a call, sending SMS and using internet will reset your validity to 60 days. More info on friendimobile.my

Not all people can afford a postpaid service and think of some people who wants flexible plan like prepaid.

Aaah redone. Must be the data plans. But tell me. Is it easy for people to pay bills?
P/S: The possibility of more retail outlets is higher than redone agents

Think of this. What do students do when he / she meets a debt collector from telecommunications companies? Or receive a lawyer's letter? Is it worth it just because he only wants to pay what he wants and what he does not need?

You see, the postpaid plans are not so flexible. It only has a fixed quota. What if someone has more use than a typical month? Or, what if someone had little use in the other? Does he / she must pay a fixed price for a fixed quota that are not according to his usage? That's the reason why prepaid exist. Not necessarily someone that has the same usage each month. With prepaid, a person can pay according to use him to meet her needs without having an expensive bills at the end of the month which can be found in many cases of postpaid.

Tell me, why only MNVO instead of MNO? This does prove my point number 4, which is many telcos are afraid of being revenue affected.

See my reply about postpaid