Displaying items by tag: International Roaming

If you're ready to get away from the cold this winter, the world's largest youth-focused telco brand Boost Mobile has got your back with global roaming options to keep you easily connected for less than the price of a coffee each day.

Mobile phone operator amaysim has launched its International Roaming packs starting at $20 just in time for Easter.

Telecommunications provider TPG Telecom has signed a new agreement with National Australia Bank (NAB) to provide fixed and mobile network services to the bank.

Rules to better protect Australians against the bill shock that can come from high international mobile roaming charges, have been emhanced by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).

Australians have spent $1.4 billion in international roaming fees, prompting a call from one of the country’s larger telcos for travellers to review their phone plans ahead of the businest period for overseas travel, and to take steps to help avoid roaming charges.

The most generous roaming plan for Australians travelling overseas comes from Vodafone, which has just announced 80 countries are now covered, thanks to 11 new destinations.

Telstra's highest BYO plan, the L plan for $89 per month over 12 months, looks very compelling, especially for frequent international travellers who hate Telstra's $10 per day roaming charge.

Google’s MVNO, "Project Fi" is the company's attempt at providing global connectivity services to subscribers, and by adding Three UK says it can deliver 10-20X faster speeds.

Friday last week, I caught up with Flexiroam managing director, Jef Ong, who along with Jason Khoo, vice-president of business development, gave me a personal demo on how Flexiroam X works.

iPlum gives you a real U.S. phone number, letting you make mobile and landline calls, or send SMS messages, in 200+ countries with low rates.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has issued a new technical guide and online tool which it says will assist national regulatory authorities to set fair and affordable tariffs for international mobile roaming voice services.

Consumer advocate Choice has shared its top 11 summer travel tips - IT pros take holidays and travel too, so that’s why this is here for you.

Telstra’s CEO, Andrew Penn, has partially backed down on the changes made to what has been dubbed Telstra’s roaming rip-offs.

Telstra’s $195 plan strikes back at Vodafone’s $5 int’l roaming and everyone else’s premium iPhone 6s plans with standard-setting market-leading inclusions, while other plans prove tempting, too!

If you want loads of 4G data per month in Australia without paying through the nose or being locked into lengthy plans, then check out Globalgig.

Telstra’s new ‘Travel Passes’ let you ‘make and receive unlimited calls and SMS messages to and from standard fixed and mobile numbers’ in Australia, and have a tiny 150MB data allowance with ‘Travel Pass’ in eligible countries, from 3 days up to 30 days at prices from $15 to $300 - but only for post-paid and small business customers. 

It's not just you. Other companies find the cost of international roaming and overseas calls puts a crimp on productivity.

Multi-national mobile network operator Truphone will soon make its plan inclusions available in a total of 66 countries around the world.

Vodafone has announced new mobile plans aimed at SMEs with the carrot of $5 a day roaming in 46 countries.

Telstra will cut its fees for international mobile data roaming from $15.36 to $3 a megabyte, though it's still far pricier than Optus and Vodafone.