International Roaming Sim
If you are looking to go overseas with your mobile there are a few options that you might wish to consider. You can either use your existing Australian sim card and pay any applicable roaming charges for calls made and received when overseas or you can buy an international sim card that will allow you to make cheap calls (and access affordable internet) when you are overseas using your own phone.
If you are looking for a local prepaid sim card that you can also use for international roaming, then you will need to stick with either Telstra, Optus, Vodafone. All 3 offer international roaming with their prepaid services. Visit the specific provider page to find out more about international roaming. Bare in mind that roaming charges can be very expensive.
| Product | Service | International Roaming Pricing | Buy Now |
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| gotalk | Global Sim | gotalk Global Travel Sim is a Prepaid Roaming SIM that gives you great rates on calls made overseas. With gotalk Global you can budget your trip without worrying about expensive bills on your return. With calls from overseas back to Australia starting from as low as 11c per minute. Great option to consider. | Buy gotalk |
| Free service for Vodafone Prepaid |
Note: Vodafone FlexiCap includes credit that can be used to cover these charges. Eg $49 Cap comes with $350 in flexible credit. |
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| Optus Autoroam | Free service for Optus prepaid customers |
Optus uses 5 zones however they are a mixture of countries and regions. Optus has varied rates based on whether you are using a Turbo Cap Plus, Turbo Cap, Data Blaster or other prepaid plan. Optus calculates rates for the Turbo Cap Plus, Turbo Cap and Data Blaster based on minutes that you have on each recharge. Zone 1: Bangladesh, Cyprus, Denmark, Norway, Singapore, Taiwan. Zone 2: Austria, Fiji, Finland, Greece, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vanuatu. Zone 3: Belgium, Hungary, Ireland, Korea South, Oman, Slovak Republic, Switzerland, Spain, United Arab Emirates. Zone 4: Brazil, Caribbean, islands, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Panama, Philippines, San Marino, Sweden, USA, Vatican City, Vietnam. Zone 5: Argentina, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Israel, Kenya, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Ukraine |
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| Telstra | Telstra International Roaming | Telstra uses 4 bands for prepaid customers. Band A: Hong Kong, Singapore. Zone B: Belgium, Greece, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand. Band C: Canada, Croatia, Fiji, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Spain, UK, USA. Band D: Egypt, India, Israel, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, West Indies Rates:(Flagfall applies) Receiving calls: Band A – 65c, Band B – 75c, Band C – 85c, Band D – 95c Local calls: Band A – 55c, Band B – 95c, Band C – $1.10, Band D – $1.90 International calls: Band A – $2.10, Band B - $2.15, Band C - $2.95, Band D – $4.25 Call Australia: Band A - $1.85, Band B - $1.90, Band C - $3.05, Band D – $3.75 Flagfall: 35c (all zones) SMS: 65c Retrieve Voicemail: Band A – $1.45, Band B – $1.65, Band C – $2.65, Band D – $3.35 Mobile Internet: 1.5c/KB (approx $15/MB) |
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International Roaming Sim Options
You might also wish to consider a Global Prepaid Sim card that you can purchase here in Australia and that will work when you are overseas. We have sourced 4 for you, Roaming Sim, Backchat GlobalSIM, gotalk Global and TravelSIM. All four international roaming services were designed for regular travelers and offer great rates for calls and data for those traveling and looking for a temporary sim card whilst they are overseas.
The simcard provided replaces your ordinary sim card and comes with a new number that is then used for others to call you. To use these services you need to utilise the “Call Back” feature. This means that before you call any number you simply dial a special code along with the destination number. This then triggers a call back to you, which when you answer, automatically connects you to the destination number. It is simpler than it sounds and most important of all will save you hundreds and the stress of arguing with your telecommunications provider.
As an example, compare the costs of receiving and making calls to Australia when you are traveling in the UK:
| Plan | Receive call | Call Aus | Local | SMS | Data |
| Telstra Roaming | 35c + 85c p/m | 35c + $3.05 p/m | 35c + $1.10 p/m | 65c | 1.5c/KB |
| Roaming Sim | 8c p/m | 52c p/m | 40c p/m | 29c | 10c/100KB |
Roaming Sim Special Offer: Roaming Sim is offering PrepaidPlans customers 10% off any international sim pack that you purchase from their website. Please use Voucher Code “PREPAID” (no need for the commas) when you purchase your starter kit.
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