I used to use Maxis and the IDD to countries like Singapore and HK were so negligible sometimes I just call without thinking.

Switching over to Celcom and had a 1 hour concall with a client in HK. While getting bored on the call I checked the rates and it was a whopping RM1.44 per min . I cannot believe someone still charges this kind of rates when wholesale cost is US$0.01 per min.

Maxis 132 goes as low as RM0.06 per 30 sec block. I guess next time I need to use IDD I'll just get a Hotlink prepaid card. While I can use Zoom etc, it was just more proper to call the phones with clients

Why not using wasap call or google meet ?

There's option to use whatsapp call since HK and SG usually also use whatsapp as core communication