If you are an student in Australia and rely upon your mobile phone to make local as well as international phone calls, then you could save yourself a heap of money this year by switching to one of the new international prepaid mobile plans on offer.

These new plans allow you to make both local and international calls at great rates. As an example:

To see and compare the complete range on offer at Prepaid Plans, visit our International Students and Travelers section.

If you or a friend are planning on traveling to Australia for a few weeks, then it pays to consider buying a prepaid sim card when you arrive rather than relying on using the international roaming services of your existing plan. It will most certainly save you some money. The only downfall is that you are likely to need a new mobile number.

We have done some research and have recommended a few plans. They key selection criteria was providers that have a national retail presence so that you can simply walk into a store and buy it as well as recharge. Compare them here…

CHEAPEST TXT RATES

• Vodafone Talk & Txt gives you 100 free Txt when you recharge $30. You also get $30 worth of free talk and txt to anyone plus 50 minutes of free talk to Vodafone mobiles.
• Virgin Mobile also offers cheap Txt through its Message Monster plan. You get free unlimited Txt to other Virgin Mobile plans plus 10c Txt to anyone else.
• Boost Mobile offers 5c Txt to anyone with their Txt Monster plan.
• Optus has launched a new plan Turbo Text that enables you to send free unlimited Txt to 5 dedicated numbers when you recharge with $30.

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