StarHub launches 2-in-1 mobile number service

SINGAPORE — StarHub post-paid customers can now utilise two mobile numbers from a single SIM card and phone through a new app launched today (Oct 1).

The new StarHub 2-in-1 LINE app, available for both iOS and Android devices, allows subscribers to activate and connect a second mobile number onto their existing phone and line. Users can then make calls and SMSes from their primary phone, but with the secondary mobile number displayed on the recipient’s caller ID.

According to StarHub’s Senior Vice President of Mobility Chan Kin Hung, the service is targeted at consumers who want a way to conveniently manage their business and casual contacts. The telco said it is the first to provide such a service in South-east Asia.

The new app will also include a separate mobile address book and call and text logs, comprehensive call filtering and blocking options and a voicemail inbox with personalised greetings. All outgoing calls and global/roaming SMS however will still be deducted from the customer’s primary mobile plan bundle.

StarHub is offering early adopters of the service (those who sign up before Dec 31, 2014) free access to the service for three months amd unlimited local SMSes till the end of the year. The service will cost S$5.35 per month.