Mobile phones play a vital role keeping businesses, their staff and customers connected. And all major telco providers offer plans tailored to their business customers’ needs.
In this guide, Canstar Blue explores Telstra’s business mobile plans, and reveals how they compare to those on offer from Optus and Vodafone.
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Telstra business plans
Telstra offers three business mobile plans, each is payable upfront:
- Basic: $62 per month for 50GB (capped data download speed of 250Mbps)
- Essential: $72 per month for 180GB
- Premium: $95 per month for 300GB
Download speeds are uncapped within your plan’s monthly data allowance, and customers can add up to five bundle plans. All Telstra business mobile plans come with following calls and texts:
- Unlimited calls, SMS and MMS to standard Australian numbers
- 30 minutes calls to standard international numbers
- Unlimited SMS and MMS to standard international numbers
All Telstra business mobile plans also come with:
- No lock-in contracts: Cancel any time or change plans on a month-to-month basis
- Data sharing: Shared data across up to 20 mobile plans on same account
- No excess data charges in Australia: Speeds slowed if you exceed data allowance
- 5G access
- 24/7 network surveillance
- Choice of eSIM or physical SIM
- Ability to earn Telstra Plus Points
Telstra business plans also offer a service unavailable to regular customers: the ability to pay extra for premium numbers. Premium numbers include sequences of numbers (e.g. 234 567), pairs of numbers (e.g. 14 14, 14), or triple sets (e.g. 319 319) that are easy to remember. A premium number is a useful marketing tool, as it helps customers remember a business’ contact details.
The following table shows a selection of sponsored SIM Only plans on Canstar Blue’s database with links to referral partners.
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45GB Data/month |
$15.00 Cost/month |
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1 Month Contract (1 month min. cost $15) SIM Only Prepaid
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45GB Data/month |
$15.00 Cost/month |
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1 Month Contract (1 month min. cost $15) SIM Only Prepaid
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40GB Data/month |
$15.00 Cost/month |
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Telstra business mobile bundle plans
Customers with Essential and Premium Telstra business mobile plans can each add up to five bundle plans.
Bundle Plan: $50 per month for 25GB
Added bundle plans allow users to share data allowances across multiple devices on the same account.
Telstra business plans vs Telstra Upfront plans
Telstra’s three Upfront consumer mobile phone plans – Basic, Essential and Premium – are identical to its business plans.
The following table shows selected published Telstra Upfront plans on Canstar Blue’s database, listed in order of cost, from the lowest to highest and then by data allowance, largest to smallest. Use our comparison tool to see plans from a range of other providers. This is a selection of products with links to a referral partner.
Telstra business mobiles on a plan
Telstra offers a range of phones available to buy outright, or via interest-free instalments over 12, 24 and 36 months on a chosen business plan.
Phones on offer include the latest models from Apple, CAT, Google, Motorola, Nokia, OPPO and Samsung.
Telstra Enterprise phone plans
For large businesses, Telstra Enterprise offers a wide range of telecommunications solutions, including mobile plans and devices. These solutions are custom-designed on request. For more information, refer to the Telstra Enterprise website.
How do Telstra business plans compare to Optus and Vodafone?
Vodafone and Optus also both offer a range of business mobile phone plans:
Vodafone business mobile plans
Vodafone offers Small, Medium and Large plans, with prices beginning from $49 per month. Vodafone’s Team Plan allows up to nine additional plans to be added onto one primary service connected to a Vodafone business account, available with or without a phone. All Vodafone plans offer no locked-in contracts, unlimited standard national calls and texts, and unlimited standard international texts. Medium and Large plans also offer international calls.
The max speed data allowances on the primary service and team plans combine into one pool to be shared between all users. No excess data charges apply, instead speeds are slowed to 2Mbps once the plans’ data cap is reached.
For more than ten connections, Vodafone offers Business Flex Plans, which are tailored to a business’ individual requirements by a Vodafone personal account manager.
The following table shows a selection of Vodafone postpaid plans on Canstar Blue’s database, listed in order of cost, from the lowest to highest. Use our comparison tool to see plans from a range of other providers. This is a selection of products with links to a referral partner.
Optus business mobile plans
Optus offers three small business mobile plans, including Small, Medium and Large options with prices from $52 monthly. All three plans offer no locked-in contracts and unlimited standard national calls and texts. The Medium and Large plans also offer international calls and texts.
The max speed data allowances on Business Choice plans combine into one pool to be shared between all users. No excess data charges apply, instead speeds are slowed to 1.5Mbps once the plans’ data cap is reached.
Optus also offers a four SIM Business Teams Plus Plan, which includes 320GB of data to share between four lines and the option to add additional SIMs. For larger companies, Optus offers Business Fund plans, which feature device credits, and are tailored to a business’ individual requirements by an Optus business consultant.
The following table shows a selection of Optus postpaid plans on Canstar Blue’s database, listed in order of cost, from the lowest to highest. Use our comparison tool to see plans from a range of other providers. This is a selection of products with links to a referral partner.
Are Telstra business plans worth it?
Ultimately, choosing the right mobile plan for a small business comes down to the number of phone plans required, and the firm’s data, phone-call and messaging needs.
So before making a decision, it’s recommended to consider your business’ current and future requirements and to research the plans on offer, and if you have any questions to contact a telco directly.
Overall, while Telstra’s basic business mobile plans are not the cheapest in the market, and don’t offer the most data, they do come with the support of one of Australia’s leading telecommunications companies.
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