{"id":68792,"date":"2019-02-15T07:01:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T23:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=68792"},"modified":"2019-02-15T07:01:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T23:01:19","slug":"circles-life-s20-for-unlimited-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/15\/circles-life-s20-for-unlimited-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Circles.Life Upgraded S$20 for 20GB with Unlimited Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Circles.Life has done it again, disrupting the peaceful life of their customers but end up in an awesome way on Valentine’s Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Circles.Life’s<\/g> customers (like me) started receiving a notification email about the discontinuation of the S$20 for 20GB<\/g> plan. A lot of people love this plan apparently as there is an outpour of dissatisfaction on the social media platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When everyone thinks that there is “no hope” for Circles.Life, a “miracle” happens. Some Customer Service people from Circles.Life start telling people that an unlimited plan to replace the 20GB plan is coming soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Valentine’s Day, it happens. Circles.Life customers started receiving this email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well, I think I can call it a Happy Ending \ud83d\ude42 although some are still soured over the fact that new sign-ups are getting more data (20GB) with the same baseline pricing of S$28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the Press Release for more information. Jump to the end to read about the new unlimited data plan and the PhoneProtect Device Insurance that Circles.Life are launching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Press Release<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Circles.Life Raise Series C Round Led by Sequoia India to Power\nExpansion Into New Geographies and Services <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Circles.Life to invest $50 million for each market\nlaunch with more than 5 countries in the pipeline<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singapore, 14 February – <\/strong>Circles.Life\nhas closed a Series C round of financing led by Sequoia India to expand to\ninternational markets, and to continue to redefine the mobile telecom sector by\nexpanding the company\u2019s range of personalized digital services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company plans to\nlaunch in more than five countries in the next 18 months, including Taiwan in\nQ2 2019 and Australia in Q3 2019, and will invest more than $50 million in each\nlaunch.  Circles.Life has already signed\ndeals with key networks which have the widest coverage in both countries and\nwill be the first to introduce a 100% digital telco experience in these\nmarkets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCircles.Life was built\non a mission to give power back to the customers. Because of this mission and\nour innovative digital platform, we’ve raised the bar in Singapore’s telco\nspace. The significant investment from a blue-chip venture capital firm is a\ntestament to the impact we bring to the industry. We plan to offer more\npersonalized digital services and revolutionize the telco industry globally,\nusing our tech stack, Circles-X,\u201d said\nRameez Ansar, Co-founder & CEO of Circles.Life.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Circles.Life has garnered\nover 5% of Singapore\u2019s mobile subscriber market share in a short period of\ntime, making it the country\u2019s fastest-growing telco. The company\u2019s NPS score,\nwhich tracks customer satisfaction, customer experience and loyalty, sets a new\nbar for the sector with a rating of 50+, which far outstrips its competitors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCircles.Life has a fresh\nand disruptive approach in reimagining what the telco experience of the future\ncan be for millions of people. It\u2019s an asset-light model, combined with\nsophisticated and battle-hardened cloud-based software, allowing them to\npartner with progressive telcos to serve millennials with better experience,\nmore convenience, and more competitive mobile data rates,\u201d said Mohit Bhatnagar, Managing Director at\nSequoia Capital India Advisors.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given the results in\nSingapore, with Sequoia India\u2019s support, Circles.Life plans to replicate their\nsuccess in new markets. To drive this, Circles.Life has brought key senior\nindustry hires on board. Ajinkya Mukhopadhyay, who was previously Joint Head of\nAsian Telecoms Investment Banking at UBS AG and Group Head of M&A at\nTelstra, joins Circles.Life as Head of Business Development & International\nExpansion.  Waseem Yusaf joins us as Head\nof International Launches from Nokia, where he had been involved in launching\nand expanding multiple networks around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In parallel to expanding\ninternationally, Circles.Life will continue to redefine the mobile telecom\nsector with additional investment in the company\u2019s range of personalized\ndigital services. This is powered by the opening of a data science and\nengineering center in Bangalore, and acquisition of several companies,\nincluding Fratics and Klassify, to leverage their machine learning\ncapabilities. The company has committed another S$25 million to its engineering\ncentre.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded in Singapore in\n2016, Circles.Life is a personalized digital service that is re-imagining how\nmobile telecom services can be offered with a truly differentiated business\nmodel, technology stack, and approach to product development. At the core of\nCircles.Life\u2019s unique business model is Circles-X, a proprietary\ntelco-in-the-cloud operating system (OS) which delivers a highly flexible and\ncompletely digital customer experience across the entire customer service\njourney. As a result, 80% of subscribers engage with the Circles.Life app on a\nweekly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike a telco or MVNO,\nCircles.Life has eliminated all proprietary hardware and appliances and moved\nthe entire architecture to a software-based cloud environment.  The company\u2019s unique technology stack and business\nmodel enables it to launch new services in weeks, not years. Circles-X\u2019s smart\nanalytics and API-based platform supports easy third-party integration with a\nrange of partners, from e-commerce, entertainment and transit companies, and\nalso allows Circles.Life to develop their own offerings.  Some of the company\u2019s recent digital\nlifestyle produces include Discover, an AI-driven mobile events app, and Ride\nfor Rewards, a tie-up with Singapore\u2019s EZ Link contactless transit smart card\nthat allows commuters earn points that can be redeemed from a range of\npartners, including Grab and Lazada, as well as extra data from Circles.Life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

$20\nUNLIMITED Data & PhoneProtect Device Insurance <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Circles.Life is\nlaunching $20 UNLIMITED Data<\/strong> as an\nupgrade of its most popular product, 20 GB for S$20 plan.  It is offered as a Plus Option on top of\ntheir base plan for unlimited data use and available for both existing and new\nusers. Users who are on the existing 20GB for S$20 plus plan will transit to\nthe S$20 Unlimited plan, while new customers enjoy a complimentary S$20\nUnlimited plus option for their first month of signup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, the company\nhas also launched the new Circles\nPhoneProtect device insurance <\/strong>plan for only $7 a month. Partnering with HL\nAssurance (HLA), this add-on option covers screen cracks, liquid damages, and\ndoor-to-door replacements. The product is created with customers in mind; busy\ncustomers who want their device repaired instead of replaced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please visit https:\/\/shop.circles.life\/20unlimited\/<\/a> to learn more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Circles.Life <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Circles.Life was born with the vision to\nrevolutionize the telco industry by giving power back to customers. Based in\nSingapore, it is the world’s first fully digital telco. It applies a\ncloud-based business model, using Circles-X technology to automate telco\nsystems and cut operational costs by 95%. Circles.Life delivers a highly\ncustomizable mobile service (voice, data, roaming) that users can manage\nthrough the Circles.Life app. Since their commercial launch in June 2016, it\nhas become the fastest-growing telco in Singapore. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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