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Jun 13, 2024 · Many existing Optus postpaid mobile customers will be hit with a larger phone bill from August. After increasing its pricing for new customers back in May, Optus is now moving some of its existing customers onto its new plans, which are more expensive in many cases. Customers on the $49 per month plan with 30GB of data will be bumped to a $52 ...
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By Jasmine Gearie
last updated 19 July 2022
Find out if you’ll be paying more from August 8
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Optus will soon increase its mobile plan prices for select customers by AU$4 a month. The move follows Telstra’s decision to up its mobile plan prices across the board at the beginning of July.
Optus says numerous factors have led to the price rise, and recognised it may be a hit to users who are struggling financially.
“Our ongoing investment in expanding and upgrading services, the growing data demands on our network, and increasing costs of goods and services, means we’ve made the difficult decision to increase the price on selected mobile plans,” an Optus spokesperson said in a statement.
With both Telstra and Optus upping their plan prices within the last few weeks, Vodafone customers may be wondering if their monthly bill will soon be increasing too.
We reached out to Vodafone to see if its pricing would follow a similar change, but a spokesperson for TPG Telecom said “we do not discuss future potential pricing” (Vodafone Australia is a subsidiary of TPG Telecom).
“As customers adjust to the increasing costs of living due to inflationary pressures and rising interest rates, we are the only player concentrated on being a simple, great value provider of telecommunications services,” said the spokesperson.
“Given our cost base is far lower than our major competitors, we continue to take a leadership position in providing value to Australian customers.”
While Vodafone doesn’t seem to have any plans to increase its pricing (that it’s willing to talk about, at least), we’ll have to wait and see if they eventually follow suit in the future.
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May 28, 2024 · Jenny Wiggins Infrastructure reporter. May 28, 2024 – 2.13pm. Optus has quietly raised prices of its cheapest and most popular monthly mobile phone plans for new customers by 5-6 per cent, above ...
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Jul 6, 2022 · Optus customers have been urged to check their emails after the telecommunications giant announced the price rise to impacted users this week. The Singapore owned company says some mobile phone plans will increase by $4 per month on August 8, 2022, even if customers are already on a contract.
I pay €45 a month for the most expensive package you can get here (most people pay €20 a month for unlimited 4G data, calls and tect in the EU). For €45 I get unlimited 5G data (upto 1000mb speed) and unlimted calls + text globally from Ireland and no roaming charges in certain countries outside the EU.
May 29, 2024 · The value is even stronger on the Medium plan, which previously offered 100GB of data at AU$59p/m, or AU$0.59 per GB. Although the plan has risen to AU$62p/m, the increase to 180GB of monthly data ...
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Mar 7, 2024 · ZTE. An Optus mobile phone plan is made up of two parts: a monthly Optus SIM-only plan and a monthly phone repayment which is how you pay for the handset. Optus offers you the choice to pay off your phone over 12, 24 or 36 months. Your monthly repayments are larger on a 12-month repayment plan and cheapest on the 36-month option.
