StarHub launches the first prepaid data plan for BlackBerry service in Singapore, offering the most comprehensive range of mobile prepaid data products for customers

Singapore, 18 December 2009 - StarHub today announced that it will launch the first prepaid data plan for BlackBerry® service in Singapore tomorrow. 

Called BlackBerry® Prepaid, the plan will allow StarHub's prepaid customers to enjoy the benefits of using a BlackBerry smartphone to stay connected with their business and personal contacts through email and access a host of mobile data services.

“StarHub continues to innovate by extending BlackBerry services to our mobile prepaid customers, such as inbound travellers, foreigners working in Singapore or students who want to access email, Internet, social network sites, instant messaging and other data services from their BlackBerry smartphone. The new prepaid plan  allows users to enjoy the flexibility of pay-as-you-use and no-contract BlackBerry service on a short-term basis," said Mr Chan Kin Hung, StarHub's Head of Products and Solutions.

The new BlackBerry p repaid plan will be offered to retail and corporate customers. 

To get started with the BlackBerry Prepaid service, customers can activate three days, seven days or 30 days on a new or existing StarHub Mobile GREEN prepaid SIM card*. StarHub’s GREEN prepaid SIM cards can be purchased at all StarHub Shops and authorised dealers.

In addition to the p repaid service plan, StarHub also offers two other prepaid data products to cater to the data usage needs of its prepaid customers: Prepaid mobile broadband for users who access the Internet wirelessly from a laptop, and prepaid bundled data service for those with heavy data usage via handsets.  

*Usual prepaid SIM card registration applies.

For more information on StarHub services, please visit www.starhub.com.

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EDITOR’S NOTE

Details of StarHub’s BlackBerry Prepaid plans* are as follows:

* Other terms and conditions may apply. Visit www.starhub.com  for more details.

** Unlimited email access via blackberry.net application for usage within StarHub network in Singapore.