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Circles.Life to offer zero-dollar price plan

Analysts say price war unlikely but warn that market pressure will stay intense in a very crowded sector

Annabeth Leow

Annabeth Leow

Published Tue, May 22, 2018 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

TELCO Circles.Life has come out with a zero-dollar price plan - once more shifting the goalposts in the crowded mobile consumer market.

The "flexi plan" announced on Tuesday is unlikely to herald a serious price war, analysts told The Business Times. But it represents a fresh threat from mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) , and could rattle the bottom line for the mobile network operators (MNOs) from which they lease network.