The first homegrown voice and messaging mobile app now available on iOS and Android devices 

Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) today achieved another milestone when the Company officially launched its first voice and mobile messaging application service, marking its entry in the smart phone communication landscape in a hip and happening event at KL Sentral. 

The application, called "HyppMe" was launched by Emily Wee, Vice President of Business and Media Operations, New Media, TM.

HyppMe is the latest mobile communication application that provides voice, instant messaging and SMS over Internet Protocol (IP), with call through functionality utilising TM's WiFi infrastructure with secondary premise over current mobile data on 3G and will be further expanded to Long-term Evolution (LTE) network infrastructure in the future. 

Commenting on the launch, Emily said: "Connectivity is no more a luxury, it's a necessity.  In today's dynamic world that is constantly evolving, while everyone wants to stay connected to work, family and friends, HyppMe fulfils these needs to communicate with creativity, entertainment, flexibility and convenience, all in one application." 

"HyppMe, as compared to other Over-the-Top (OTT) available products, has a key differentiator in its offerings of seamless voice/SMS service at a very competitive flat rate across all service providers and functionalities, with a twist of local flavour. It features the latest innovation which provides users an entirely revolutionary experience by infusing the benefit of cheapest call rates on top of its voice, text, animated emoticons, group chat and photo sharing features. This is definitely a MUST have application for all," she added. 

HyppMe offers FREE calls and messaging among HyppMe users as well as between TM Fixed Line numbers nationwide and to TM Customer Support number. HyppMe users will also enjoy cheapest call rate at eight (8) sen per minute for voice calls and five (5) sen per SMS to other celco numbers.

Popular local artistes namely Mia Sara, Altimet, Intan Ladyana, Yana Samsudin, Hanis Zalika as well as other celebrities, also had the chance to experience the benefits of the application where they had a call and greet session with their fans via HyppMe prior to the launch. The ambience at the launching ceremony was further hyped up with an interesting launch gimmick where three of the celebrities; Yana Samsuddin, Altimet and Intan Ladyana were enclosed individually in a transparent box and fans were required to help them escape by calling them on their Xperia Smartphone via HyppMe. The first celebrity who received 100 calls was then released from the box. Lucky fans who uses HyppMe application also stood a chance to win autographed Xperia Smartphones used by the three (3) celebrities at the event. 

HyppMe now is available as FREE downloadable mobile application from Apple Appstore and Google Play. Users can instantly enjoy net calls (HyppMe to HyppMe) and instant messaging (IM) service with the application. In addition, HyppMe also offers prepaid subscription package for the users to enjoy lowest off net calls (calls from HyppMe to other service operators' numbers) rate and SMS.

To learn more about HyppMe, visit www.tm.com.my/hyppme​.
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