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Use your local data bundle to access overseas data with M1's Data Passport service

By James Lu - on 10 Jul 2015, 10:30am

Use your local data bundle to access overseas data with M1's Data Passport service

M1 has just announced a new service that will let its customers use their existing M1 data bundles in six overseas destinations. The value-added service is called Data Passport and will be available from 10 July 2015. Data Passport will let M1 customers use their M1 data bundles in Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka and the United States, at a monthly subscription of S$10 per country.

"We want M1 customers to be able to switch on and leave their data connection on when they are overseas, as they do when they are in Singapore. And now, through the M1 Data Passport service, our customers have the peace of mind to use their smart devices the same way they do at home," said Mr P. Subramaniam, Chief Marketing Officer, M1.

Customers who exceed their data bundles will have to pay local excess data usage rates of S$10.70/GB, capped at S$188.32 per month. A S$2 one-time activation fee applies, with an additional S$5 for multi-SIM users.

M1 has also launched the new Network Lock feature to protect customers from unintended usage and charges while roaming overseas. The free feature ensures a customer’s overseas data usage is on an M1 preferred network, enabling the customer to enjoy attractive data usage rates.

In addition to the six Data Passport destinations, the Network Lock feature is also available on an additional ten destinations offering S$15 a day unlimited data roaming. Customers can continue to make and receive voice calls and messages on any network, and can enable or disable the Network Lock feature by dialing *123#.

The Network Lock feature will be progressively provisioned in the coming weeks to all M1 customers who have signed up for data roaming. Customers will receive an SMS notification once the feature has been activated.

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