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Switching Telco and Keeping Your Number in Malaysia 2026: The RM25 Cap, the SMS That Kills Most Requests, and What a Contract Costs to Leave
Moving your number to another telco (MNP, or port-in) is governed by MCMC rules dating from 2008: only the new telco may charge, never more than RM25, and a consumer port must finish within 5 business days. Most telcos now say it is free and takes about 48 hours. What actually blocks people is an unpaid or unbilled amount, a device contract, a mismatched IC, or missing the port-out SMS reply. Here is the checklist, the exit-fee formulas and the port-in rebates still running.
iPhone Duo Telco Deals After Launch: CelcomDigi, Maxis, U Mobile and Yes Compared (Oct-Nov 2026)
Pre-orders for Apple's foldable iPhone Duo (from RM9,499) closed on 22-23 October 2026, but the telco deals carried on into launch. We re-checked all four official pages on 24 October: Maxis still from RM165 a month with a RM300 voucher to 30 November, CelcomDigi Easy360 from RM208 a month, U Mobile from RM227 (the free Apple Watch is gone) and Yes from RM166 but on a waitlist.