Telstra doubles international roaming data
International Roaming means you can travel abroad while continuing to use your mobile service in eligible destinations. No SIM swapping is required to use data or to call and text with your Australian mobile number. Unless already switched off, International Roaming and Day Pass will be automatically enabled on all mobile plans. Telstra international roaming data
Telstra has doubled international roaming data inclusions for customers on one of its Upfront mobile plans. Customers now get 2GB per 24 hours, up from 1GB, when using the telco’s “International Day Pass” system.
Pricing is still the same, with customers paying either $5 per day or $10 per day depending on where they’re travelling. Telstra has however increased the number of eligible $5 per day destinations.
New Zealand was previously the only $5 per day Telstra roaming destination, but Fiji, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu are now all also eligible for cheaper roaming.
Note that there are still a small number of destinations that Telstra’s $10 per day roaming allows for talk and text but without data. These include Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jamaica, and Jersey.
Data Top-Up
Reached your 2GB Day Pass data allowance?
- Upfront Plans will get an SMS with the option to buy a Data Top-Up
- Non-Upfront Plans will automatically get a Data Top-Up
Data top-up: $10 for 2GB – Valid for 31 days
Activating your Day Pass
Your Day Pass is automatically enabled so you can phone home, SMS your family and friends, and flood your socials with dreamy travel pics.
Use the My Telstra App (charges may apply outside of Australia) to manage your notifications, data usage, and other International Roaming settings such as disabling roaming, purchasing Data Top-Ups, and understanding your upcoming bill costs.
Other Australian providers’ roaming offers
While Telstra has quite literally doubled the value of its international roaming offer, it still lags behind Optus and Vodafone in terms of pure value. Optus charges $5 per day with a 5GB data allowance, while Vodafone’s $5 per day roaming allows customers to use their local data while overseas.
Smaller providers – including several Telstra MVNOs – have also been more competitive with roaming offers lately.
Telstra’s budget brand Belong, for example, charges $30 for 3GB of roaming data with a 15-day expiry. While that’s worse from a data-per-dollar perspective, it’s a much better value in terms of a per-day rate. Belong’s roaming only works in around 45 destinations, however. Telstra’s works in around 80.
Telstra’s roaming changes come ahead of price rises due to kick in from August 27. Most of its mobile plans will be increasing by between $2 and $4 per month.
