Know your provider

Mobile Providers

Virgin Mobile Australia launched on 31 October 2000 and employs over 300 people. They have over 600,000 customers, their products are sold in heaps of retails outlets throughout Australia, and provide mobile coverage to over 96% of the Australian population using the Optus network.

Like all Virgin companies, they strive to be the ‘customer champion’, which in the mobile business means providing an easy-to-understand service that is great value for money. You can even call 13 33 23 to speak to a real live person (!!!), or visit www.virginmobile.com.au 24 hours a day, 365 days a year – either way, if you want to buy, delivery is FREE in Oz!

gotalk group of companies have revenues of over $160 Million and employs over 400 people throughout Australia and New Zealand. Operational since mid 2002 and 100% Australian owned, gotalk has experienced exceptional growth in predominately the residential market but also the SME business market. gotalk's operational centre is located on the Gold Coast with Corporate offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland. Their growth has been supported by both organic sales and also a large number of Acquisitions. Through sister Company CardCall they support over 25,000 retailer partners delivering a range of gotalk prepaid services.

gotalk offers home and business users a full range of telecommunications services on a single bill. Services include fixed line (home phone or business lines), GSM Mobile, Internet (Dial Up and Broadband), phonecards and most recently Broadband Voice (VoIP). gotalk has invested heavily in network infrastructure which deliver both competitive rates and innovation. Examples of this were being first to market with Untimed calls anywhere anytime within Australia, 200+ geographic numbers and the ability for Number Portability on the Broadband Voice (VoIP) service. To support this innovation they have built a resilient Australia-wide network covering every person with local infrastructure. gotalk has a state of the art Communication Centre in Sydney where they carry more than 1 in 5 of the international calls that leave Australia.

iPrimus, a leading provider of broadband and telephone services, has been delivering great value to Australians for over 12 years.

Since entering the market in Australia in 1997, Primus has been a frontrunner in ensuring the benefits of competition are passed to customers through lower prices and improved services.With one of the largest and fastest broadband networks in Australia, we’ll give you the speed you need!

Think Mobile is a subsidiary of Pivotel Group, one of Australia's five licensed mobile telecommunications carriers. Pivotel Group is an Australian-owned private company based on the Gold Coast in Queensland, with local telecommunications infrastructure assets worth over $70m. Pivotel Group companies offer Satellite and Cellular handsets that can provide service throughout Australia and its territorial waters, GSM mobile phones and services, bulk messaging capabilities through its own text messaging infrastructure, and 'white labeled' call centre services. Customers include various State and Federal government departments, major corporates, small to medium enterprise, and consumers.

SMSPup Mobile proudly offers you Australia’s first ad-subsidised mobile service.

Our discounted service is mainly paid for by advertising. Advertisers who want to talk to you, give us money – so you don't have to. All you need to do is agree to receive up to 5 mobile or email promotions per day. It's as simple as that. You will only receive promotional messages that you tell us you’re into, plus we will also send you special offers like discounts on travel and fitness - more ways to save money and win great prizes!

Savvytel Australia's only prepaid operator that offers NO EXPIRY on its prepaid call credits. All of Savvytel's rates are fixed 24 hours, 7 days a week. You pay only 12c per 30 seconds "Call Rate" & 15c SMS Any where (Worldwide). Savvytel's unique plans featured recently on A Current Affair for their fairness and great value. "More than $1.5 billion a year is wasted in unused credits on prepaid mobile plans and we thought it was high time consumers got a better deal", said Mark Whitaker, CEO of SavvyTel. Use every last cent with Savvytel's Call Credits NEVER Expire. SavvyTel has just launched 5 cap plans... from $20 = $120 of included calls... "The Cap That Loves You Back". Check out all plans within Phone Choice site under Personal use (receive a bill or prepaid) & Business use.

Savvytel gives all of its customers 25% in free music with every dollar spent! Savvytel issues a 12 digit PIN with every purchase for free music at Savvytunes up to the value of $25! This is full transferable and expires in 12 months (and excludes music and hardware purchases)

Enjoy The Savvytel Experience......

Reward Mobile is a new generation mobile services company, dedicated to providing our customers with simple, affordable and quality communications. We have a range of Handset plans, SIM only plans and Cap plans to suit all needs.

We focus our attention on ensuring that you get the highest quality of customer service each time by providing services that make your mobile life easier such as Reward Online Billing.

Reward Mobile is exclusively powered by the Vodafone Network which operates a GSM digital mobile network that covers 93 per cent of the Australian population.

Reward Mobile is part of Comtel Corporation Ltd, a wholesale partner of Vodafone Australia.

JUST Prepaid Mobile offers one of the cheapest prepaid deals in Australia. Choose between the JUST 15 Prepaid Plan or JUST Prepaid Caps – either one won’t cost much.

JUST Prepaid Mobile offers:

• JUST 15 – 15c texts, 15c per 30 seconds with 0c call connection fee
• JUST $19 Cap – get $120 included value
• Flexibility – 180 day credit expiry on JUST 15, 30 day credit expiry on Cap plans
• Excellent coverage – powered on the Vodafone network
• Super easy sign up process – without having to loose your mobile number
• Convenient recharge options - online, at selected Epay or Touch terminals across Australia

Launched in February 2006, Just Prepaid Mobile is a wholly owned subsidiary of Australian company, ComTel Corporation Ltd. JUST Prepaid Mobile is leading the consumer trend towards more thrifty behaviour by delivering low-spend, ‘no frills’, prepaid products, both online and in selected dealerships across Australia.

Kiss Mobile: Everyday Cheap Mobile Calls.
KissMobile.com.au some nice stuff about us:
Yep, Kiss Mobile is 100% Australian owned - pretty cool. We have been around since 2004 but have been really quite...shhh. You probably don't care but we'll say it anyway. Calls are carried on the Vodafone Australia Network. We do 2.5G and 3G. Kiss Mobile doesn't do small print so all of our charges are clear and up front. Keep your current mobile number or get a new one. Some other cool things we do included Web SMS, multiple numbers on one account, share credit and much more…

Kiss Mobile: By word of mouth:
• No Contracts
• No Credit Expiry
• SIM only, BYO Mobile
• $0 call connection fee
• 15c per 30 seconds
• 14c SMS – same price for local and international SMS
• First 5 minutes free between Kiss Mobile users – Anytime day or night
• Cheap Mobile data, broadband or internet (whatever you like to call it)
So with no red tape, traps or contracts enjoy the freedom, join Kiss Mobile today…

TPG is a 100% Australian-owned, publicly-listed company (ASX code: SOT) and is a full service telecommunications provider, delivering ADSL and ADSL2+ Broadband, Mobile, Fixed Line voice telephony services, Data Networking solutions and more to Australian homes and businesses.

TPG is the winner of PC Magazine’s 2007 Best Value Standard Broadband Plan, Money Magazine’s 2008 Best Broadband Plan – High Speed, and Money Magazine’s 2008 Best Home VoIP Service.

TPG is able to provide the Corporate, Government and Wholesale customers with an extensive telecommunications product set by means of the company’s Australia-wide converged voice, data and video IP network. unbeatable mobile and broadband deals!

For more details please visit www.tpg.com.au or call 1300 360 855.

Dodo Australia has provided Australian consumers with fantastic Internet and Telephony solutions for over five years.

Slimtel – Keeping the Weight Off Your Phone Bill. Slimtel is one of Australia’s most innovative mobile companies and is delivered on the Vodafone Network. Slimtel has been set up as modern day mobile service with fantastic customer service, great pricing and the latest products. We are all about you – the customer and we provide the best plans tailored to your individual needs. We offer the best overseas rates by introducing overseas calls for the price of a local call, and a 50% discount on cap plans once you go over the cap.

Slimtel values all feedback, which is personally answered by the CEO. Simplicity, savings and service is what Slimtel is about. Slimtel is one of very few mobile companies that is an officially Endorsed Federal Government supplier, something many large existing players still strive to achieve. Slimtel is run by one of Australia’s leading mobile experts and speakers and boasts an impressive list of celebrity clients and prominent supporters. Visit slimtel.com.au and see what the fuss is about !