How to watch the World Cup — Plans with Optus Sport
The FIFA World Cup has now kicked off, and it's kind of a big deal; you could even call it football Christmas. You'll be able to watch some matches on SBS (and catch up through On Demand), but if...
Get up to 15GB of data from just $1 for a limited time with...
In our never ending quest to get more bang for our buck, Catch Connect has a new special on their 30-day plans offering you up to 15GB of data for just $1.
The Catch Connect deal is simple, you can...
Virgin Mobile shutdown – Ausdroid presents your best alternatives
You've surely heard the news by now: Virgin Mobile is getting its cherry popped. Optus is phasing out the Virgin brand, so if you're a customer, it might be time to start thinking about your next move.
Virgin Mobile is...
Ausdroid talks the cheapest mobile phone plans around
According to the latest ABS Internet Activity Survey, Australians are only using 2.2GB of mobile data per month on average. Before you start crying "fake news", Boost Mobile co-founder Peter Adderton told us that his company's subscribers are only...
National outage impacts Telstra’s 3G and 4G networks
Telstra has had another outage, the third time this month alone, this time knocking out parts of its 3G and 4G network, with customers taking to social media to find out what is going on. At the time of...
Ausdroid’s wrap of the best SIM-only plans for May 2018
A couple of hot new phones go on sale soon: the Huawei P20 Pro, the Nokia Android One range, and the newly announced OnePlus 6. Unfortunately, as it stands, you can't get any of these on a plan. But...
The best plans available on the Optus network
Australian telcos are in the midst of a data war and Optus is largely responsible. We don't normally support conflict escalation, but when telcos fight, customers tend to win.
Optus has been pushing data-for-dollar higher and higher over the past...
Telstra has secured the live mobile rights for Australian football until 2023
Telstra and Football Federation Australia (FFA) today announced a five year mobile rights and sponsorship agreement, with Telstra securing the live mobile rights for football until 2023.
Under the deal, Telstra will create and launch the new “My Football Live...
Developing: ZTE reports its major operating activities have ceased, Telstra has pulled most ZTE...
ZTE's woes continue, with the company confirming in a filing to the Chinese Stock Exchange today that major operating activities have ceased following the imposition of a trade embargo by the US Government. ZTE was hit with a ban...
TPG will have a $9.99 per month “Unlimited” mobile plan .. later this year
While the major carriers have been fighting amongst themselves over who can release the most limited "unlimited" smartphone data plan, TPG has been working on getting its mobile network ready for customers later this year. Today, TPG announced that...
Ask Ausdroid: How can JB HiFi sell Samsung’s Galaxy S9 so cheap on Telstra...
James writes, having read about the huge $500 discount that JB HiFi is offering on Samsung's Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ when signing up with Telstra:
How can JB Hi-Fi sell the Samsung Galaxy S9+ so cheap on a 12...
Want to try a different NBN provider? Here’s a list of contract-free NBN plans...
Despite what teachers told us in school, risk taking can be pretty fun. I mean, sneaking a bottle of vodka into a cinema, jaywalking, and eating cheese that's a day past its expiry date are all great ways to...
Ask Ausdroid: How unlimited are those new unlimited smartphone plans, anyway?
With all the hubbub this week about Australia's carriers finally releasing unlimited smartphone data plans, we thought it would be fun to wheel out the virtual chalkboard (see above) and crack some calculations to answer an important question:
Hey Ausdroid,...
With all three carriers now offering some kind of unlimited plan, are they really...
It seems that today has been the day for carriers announcing unlimited plans. Optus did it on the sly a month or two ago, before more widely releasing the plans in April (though they're still restricted to "selected" customers)....
Optus gains extension rights to broadcast the Premier league – Opens sports app to...
Optus has announced they have gained an extension for the broadcasting rights of the Premier League for another 3 years, announcing at the same time that they will be opening up their Optus Sports app to non Optus customers.
The...