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SMS with URL link will be blocked effective 2 May 2023.

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Terms & Conditions

Service Specific Terms and Conditions ("SSTC") - Hotlink RED Plan

Version Date: 1st March 2022

    1. The Plan: Hotlink RED Plan.
    2. The Plan and Service(s) is subject to the General Terms & Conditions ("GTC") at https://www.hotlink.com.my/en/terms-conditions/hotlink/personal-hotlink-prepaid/general/general-tnc/, this Service Specific Terms & Conditions ("SSTC"), Maxis Fair Usage Policy and any other applicable terms and conditions, all at https://www.hotlink.com.my/en/terms-conditions/hotlink/
    3. Capitalised terms herein have the same meaning as defined in the GTC.
    4. Any conflict or inconsistency between this SSTC, the GTC and Summary Terms and Conditions ("STC"), shall be construed in the following order of precedence: (a) SSTC; (b) GTC; and (c) STC.
    5. We reserve the rights without liability, to revise this SSTC, Plan and our pricing. Where reasonably practicable, we will give you reasonable advance notice of such changes and all previous versions of our user guides or leaflets will be superseded. You accept you are responsible for regularly reviewing information on the Plan, Service(s) at https://www.hotlink.com.my/en/terms-conditions/hotlink/prepaid/plans-services/hotlink-red-plan/, including changes to the Agreement. Your continued use of the Service(s) and/or Plan (after the Effective Date of any revision/change to the terms and conditions of Agreement, Services and/or Plan) shall constitute unconditional acceptance by you of such revisions/changes and you shall be bound by the same. If you do not accept such revisions/changes, you may discontinue using the Plan and/or the Service(s), failing which you are assumed to have accepted the changes.
    1. Your top-up amount will determine the number of active-days to make calls, SMS, and access to the internet.
    2. After the Active Period ends, you can only receive incoming calls and SMS'. During the Credit Grace Period, all balance from credit & Mobile Internet passes will be suspended from usage.
    3. You must top-up to resume full Service(s). Failure to top-up before the end of the Credit Grace Period will result in line termination.
    4. Unlimited calls are applicable to calls to Maxis network, other telco networks and fixed lines.
    5. Hotlink RED Plan gives you 50 days of Credit Grace Period.
    1. You may change your rate plan to Hotlink Unlimited Plan or other Hotlink plan as offered by us from time to time. You will be charged a fee of RM5.00 upon successful change of rate plan.
    2. Your Account lifecycle Active Period will be replaced with 30 active days at the point of migration, and the Credit Grace Period will be reset to 50 days.
    3. All existing subscriptions and purchases (e.g.: Mobile Internet Passes, Hot Tickets, etc.) will be retained after migration until the pass expires.
    1. Hotlink RED Plan customers are entitled to purchase the internet passes set out below: 
    PASS NAME STANDARD QUOTA PRICE CHARGES FOR CONTINUED USE UPON EXCEEDING QUOTA AUTO-RENEWAL
    2GB for 1 day 2GB RM3 No charges but speed will be reduced No
    1.5GB for 7 days 1.5GB RM10   No
    6GB for 30 days 6GB RM35   No
    8GB for 30 days 8GB RM45   No
    RED Pass 60 8GB +  Unlimited Calls RM60   No
    RED Pass 70 10GB +  Unlimited Calls RM70   No
    1. You can subscribe to multiple Internet Passes at any point of time as the passes are stackable. The quota is applicable to all Maxis networks including 3G/4G LTE.
    2. Customers who purchase any of the internet passes mentioned above is entitled to redeem a FREE Non-Stop RED Pass stipulated in clause 28 below.
    1. FREE Social Chat on Hotlink RED Plan refers to internet at reduced speed limited to a maximum of 64kbps.
    2. This service is FREE over the Active Period only, and is subject to a Fair Usage Policy (“FUP”) of 500MB per month. Upon exhaustion of the FUP quota, FREE Social Chat services will be disconnected.
    3. Peer-to-Peer (P2P) sharing, Internet tethering & VoIP services are not allowed on Free Social Chat.
    4. FREE Social Chat of Hotlink RED Plan is not available for reactivation from Credit Grace Period status via credit transfers (Ask-A-Top Up, Share-A-Top Up, Post-A-Top Up, SOS-Top Up, Auto Top Up, Maxis Pay & M-Money). The FREE Social Chat remains available for reactivation via direct top up, such as top up ticket, E-Pin, Online Banking & Hot Tickets.
    1. REE 10GB Facebook on Hotlink RED Plan refers to any usage of internet on the Facebook application, applicable on all Maxis networks including 2G/3G/4G LTE.
    2. This service is FREE over Active Period only, and is subject to a monthly FUP of 10GB per month. Upon exhaustion of the FUP quota, the internet quota from internet passes purchased by the customer will be utilized. In the event the customer has not purchased or has exhausted the internet quota of such internet passes, the internet quota from the FREE Social Chat will then be utilized.
    3. Internet tethering services is allowed with the FREE 10GB Facebook, and is subject to a speed limit of 5 Mbps.
    4. The 10GB Facebook quota of the FREE 10GB Facebook pass will be refreshed monthly according to the Hotlink account activation date.
    5. FREE 10GB Facebook of Hotlink RED Plan is not available for reactivation from Credit Grace Period status via credit transfers (Ask-A-Top Up, Share-A-Top Up, Post-A-Top Up, SOS-Top Up, Auto Top Up, Maxis Pay & M-Money). The FREE 10GB Facebook remains available for reactivation via direct top up, such as top up ticket, E-Pin & Online Banking.
    6. Customers who perform a rate plan change from older Hotlink Plans to Hotlink RED Plan will be entitled to FREE 10GB Facebook. The FREE 10GB Facebook pass will be activated automatically upon successful rate plan change to Hotlink RED Plan. All internet passes carried forward from the previous plan must be depleted fully for customers to start utilizing the FREE 10GB Facebook.
    1. Free Non-Stop RED Passes under this SSTC currently offered by Hotlink are as below:- 
    PASS NAME AUTO-RENEWAL FREE INTERNET USAGE APPLICABLE TO SELECTED APPLICATIONS 
    RED Social No

    Facebook 

    Instagram 

    Snapchat 

    Twitter 

    Pinterest
    RED Video No

    Youtube

    Iflix

    Tonton 

    Viu

    Astro Go

    *Applicable from 1am to 7am daily
    RED Chat No

    WhatsApp 

    WeChat 

    LINE 

    QQ 

    IMO
    1. The FREE Non-Stop RED Passes are only redeemable via the Hotlink RED App.
    2. You are only eligible to redeem the FREE Non-Stop RED Passes upon successful purchase of an internet pass offered in Hotlink RED.
    3. The Non-Stop RED Social Pass is free but is subject to a FUP of 20GB (weekly/monthly pass) or FUP of 4GB (daily pass) per subscriber during the Active Period of the Non-Stop RED Pass, in order to ensure fairness of usage and experience to all the Maxis/ Hotlink subscribers sharing the same network. Upon exceeding this FUP quota, your data usage on this pass will be throttled to the speed of 512KBps ONLY between 8:00pm to 11.59pm daily. This speed limit will be lifted at 00:00 hours the following day throughout the entire validity of the pass.
    4. The Non-Stop RED Video Pass is free and only applicable for usages between 1am to 7am daily during the Active Period. Usages outside the period stated will be deducted from the next available internet pass. If you do not have any other available active internet pass, you will not be able to access the internet.
    5. The Non-Stop RED Chat Pass and Non-Stop RED Video Pass are subject to a FUP of 1TB per month per subscriber. Upon exhaustion of this FUP quota, internet quota will be deducted from the next available internet pass. If you do not have any other available active internet pass, you will not be able to access the internet.
    6. The selected applications within the FREE Non-Stop RED Passes are valid over a promotional period and are subject to change from time to time.
    7. The internet usage is only valid for usage within the applications.
    8. If there are pages within an application that is hosted by a third party website, internet usages on those pages will not be drawn from the FREE Non-Stop RED passes but will be drawn from the base internet pass. Please note that P2P and VOIP/Video calls on Facebook and WhatsApp are excluded from the Non-Stop RED Passes.
    1. Initial addition/registration of 10 Hotlink Activ10 contacts are free of charge. Subsequent changes will be charged at RM1 per contact changed.
    2. Hotlink Activ10 is only valid when a customer’s status is Active.
    3. Calls rates under Hotlink Activ10 are only valid for domestic calls only. Standard roaming charges apply when a call is made to Hotlink Activ10 contacts while roaming.
    4. In the event a registered Hotlink Activ10 contact is no longer a Hotlink or a Maxis subscriber, standard call/SMS rates of Hotlink RED Plan will be applied.
    1. We reserve the rights at any time without being liable to you or any third party to interrupt, bar, suspend, restrict the Service(s) for such time as we see fit or terminate, discontinue or disconnect the Service(s) if your usage:
      1. shows excessive usage or placing unusual burdens on the network;
      2.  is for unlawful activities or for suspected fraudulent activities;
      3. is not in accordance with the Maxis Fair Usage Policy (at www.hotlink.com.my/FUP)
      4. is for commercial/non-personal purposes.