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Melita Mobile announce rates E-mail Print
Written by HiVoltage  
Saturday, 31 January 2009

After filling the islands with adverts about their new, "cheaper", mobile service, Melita have finally announced the rates. Upon first glance, call rates do appear to be cheaper, however, it highly depends on your usage patterns. On the prepaid plan, Melita are charging 22c/min, while other operators are charging 16c or 15c per 30 seconds - making it 32c/min. However, for the first minute, Melita are charging the full minute immediately - so, a quick call just to say "hey I'm almost there - just a minute" will cost you 22c, while on other operators it will cost you 16, and if you're on the Go Mobile "Simple" plan, it will cost you much less since it is billed per second from the start.

To be fair, it's worth mentioning that after the first minute, calls are billed on a per-second basis on Melita, while on most plans from other operators, per-30-second billing applies for the whole length of the call. Also, if most of your calls are longer than 30s, then you're probably better off with Melita.

One other thing worth mentioning is the prepaid plans. There are different levels available, similar to other operators. What's different with Melita, however, is that you are not given "free" minutes - instead, you are given the amount you pay to use in whatever way you like. So, if you go for a plan and pay €15/month, you can use all that money on SMS's if you like.

SMS rate is 5c just like on other operators. No word yet about data plans. Also, the government levy is added on top of the pricing mentioned. So, in reality, you actually pay more than what is stated on the advert.

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Last Updated ( Saturday, 31 January 2009 )


I still do not see why it is really worth the hassle of moving operator. Now I am really not happy with the service of either Go or Voda but hey I think they did not much impress in the end. If they really want me to switch they need a compelling reason such as at least a single number to call for free.I hope I missed something.....but so far, I am underwhelmed.....
Posted By Anonymous on 31-Jan-2009, 09:44 PM


Not impressed...what was all the fuss about?
Posted By Anonymous on 01-Feb-2009, 11:54 AM


The prices themselves did go down, but melita did introduce a number of services which are completely new to the maltese sector such as: Notification of when the free minutes/text of your postpaid plan are used up, a quick sms check for postpaid customers to see their bill (unlike vodafone...there's NO clear, good way of doing this) and they also abolished time windows which is great...the 'catch' i saw was what you mentioned about the per minute pricing. I was also disappointed when I saw that internet/wap and MMS rates did NOT go down at all. Let's hope this is not the start of a triopoly and that we will see some real competition, like GO vs Hello fixed lines.
Posted By lukbut_1 on 01-Feb-2009, 03:20 PM


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