SIM Card Purchase for Australia

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Cellular Abroad SIM Card for Australia
An Australia Prepaid SIM Card, together with a tri-band unlocked GSM cell phone, will allow you not only to have a local cell phone number for Australia but also to pay local rates - and without a contract. The rates are extremely advantageous and even include unlimited FREE incoming calls from anywhere in the world. For your next trip to Australia, make sure to purchase a prepaid SIM card.

Whether you are headed to Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Canterbury, Queensland, or Victoria; an Australian SIM from Cellular Abroad will help you keep in touch all over the country.

Information and Talk Rates Chart

*You can find more detailed information on rates including roaming charges here.

Detailed Features

• Unlimited FREE incoming calls
• Low rates within Australia and overseas, including international calls to the US and Europe at around US $0.58 per minute.
• An Optus SIM card (Network Access Card)
• An Australian cellular phone number (pre-activation required)
• Complete with FREE airtime worth $30 Australian dollars (AUD)
• Add more talk time by purchasing easily-obtainable recharge cards
• Choose the Turbocharge calling plan option and your $30 AUS recharges are automatically applied as $120 AUS credit! (Credit lasts 30 days only.)
• Voicemail
• No yearly contract, monthly charges or credit check

Your Australia SIM Card Cell Phone Number:
Your cellular phone number for Australia can be easily obtained before you arrive in Australia. From the US or Canada, you can call customer support at 011-61 2 9342 5678. You will need to provide the serial number and SIM card control number from the Optus SIM card package. You will also need to supply the customer service agent with your name and an Australian address to complete the registration process. Customer service is very friendly and since you're on the phone with them, you can ask about recharge locations or any other aspect of the service for which you'd like more information. If you would prefer to wait till you're in Australia, you can call customer service at 1300 555 002.

Preparing Your Phone for use overseas:
While you won't be able to use your SIM card until you get to Australia, there are a few things you can do to test your equipment and prep your phone.

• Test that your phone charger works well with your phone and make sure your phone's battery can take and hold a charge. (All Cellular Abroad phones come with variable-voltage chargers.)
• Snap out the SIM chip from the SIM card and insert the chip into your GSM Phone with the metal portion facing down as to make contact with the contact prongs. (You'll usually find your phone's SIM card slot underneath the battery of your GSM cell phone. Consult your phone manual if unsure of the proper installation procedure.)
• Turn on your phone and familiarize yourself with the menus. If prompted for a PIN number, your default PIN is "0000". To disable PIN-check at startup, consult your phone's user guide.

Activating Your Service:
If you've already retrieved your number, your SIM card and prepaid account are already activated. Here's another way to activate your service if you want to avoid a long-distance call to Optus customer support in Australia:

• Go to Australia
• Dial 555 from your mobile phone. This first-time call to this number will automatically switch you over to customer service.
• Give the operator the 10-digit activation number that you will also find in your SIM package.
• They will get your information and register you and they will supply you with your phone number.
• You may start calling

Checking Your Credit:
You can check your account balance anytime, all you have to do is:

• Dial 555, (this is a free call) from your mobile phone anytime.
  
• Follow voice instructions and press 1 for your service balance and expiry date.
  
• End the call.

Recharging Your SIM Card:
To add more talk time to your prepaid account, you will need to purchase an "Optus Pre-Paid Mobile Recharge Card". These may be purchased from Cellular Abroad (see below) or they can be found in denominations of 30, 50 and 100 Australian Dollars at over 6000 outlets including convenience stores and gas stations. Even if you have zero credit, since incoming calls are always free, you will still be able to receive calls

Australia Optus Prepaid Recharge Card only US$39.00 for $30AUD of talk time credit Save time by starting your stay in the Australia with an additional $30AUD of talk time. Each of these recharges gives about 98 minutes of calls to the US or Canada or about 46 minutes in Australia. Incoming calls are free while at your destination.

As soon as you arrive in Australia, simply scratch off the protective panel, follow our instructions to enter the code number and your credit is applied. Knowing what the recharge cards look like and how to apply the credit, you're one step ahead and loaded with call credit.

Convenient Tip: You can purchase additional recharge codes (from our Optus recharge cards) via phone whenever you need to add more call credits to your prepaid account. No need to ship you a card! Just call Cellular Abroad at +1 310-862-7100 and we can sell you as many recharge codes as you need. With the extra code(s), you'll be able to add more minutes from anywhere in Australia. Please note that we can only provide this service to Cellular Abroad customers.

Detailed Rates:
Rates are expressed in Australian Dollars (AUD) and are listed by a per-minute rate. For up-to-date currency exchange rates, use the Currency Converter. There is a one-time connection fee of 20 Australian cents per all outgoing domestic calls and 25 Australian cents per all outgoing international calls.

There is a one time connection fee (they call it "flagfall") of $0.29 AUD (about 26 cents) per call.
International text message: $0.35 AUD (US$0.32 ).

Voicemail:
To activate all you need to do is call 1300 555 002 and a Customer Service Representative will activate it for you.

Customer Service:
You may contact the Optus customer service while in Australia by dialing 1300 555 002. There's a $0.27 AUD charge per call. From a landline, (NOT from payphones, mobile phones, and majority of hotels) Cellular Abroad can be reached 24/7 with English customer support and recharge services by dialing this number 0011-800-3623-3333.

Other Useful Numbers:
You may dial 000 or 112 toll free in order to contact the police or an ambulance.

Service Life:
You must recharge your card at least once every 6 months or you will forfeit your Australian cellular number and remaining credit. To inquire about the possibility of extending your SIM card’s service life while outside the SIM card’s country of origin contact the telecom provider's customer service, Cellular Abroad does not provide support for this feature

Multi-Country Travel
You can also purchase other SIM cards as well for other countries to where you may be traveling. (This option is good for those planning on doing a lot of local calling.) We also offer an international roaming Talk Abroad™ SIM Card that is convenient for travel to multiple countries. (This option is useful for those wanting a single number for use in multiple countries and who will be making more calls back home than locally.)