Telstra increases mobile phone contract rates

05/07/2012

Telstra has announced that it has abandoned plans it had offered for new mobile phone contracts over the last 12 months, choosing instead to introduce a new billing scheme.

The cost of making a call has jumped ten per cent from 90c to 99c a minute, while connection fees have also gone up by 5c.

Because mobile phone calls are billed by the minute, leaving a ten-second voicemail message will now cost consumers $1.39.

With the number of people now running without landlines and just on mobile phones, consumers are likely to be spending much more on calls than has previously been the case.

A spokeswoman for Telstra said the amount of time Australians spent on mobile phones has increased by more than 40 per cent since just mid-2010.

"Our call rates are competitive while allowing us to maintain an appropriate level of investment in our network," the spokeswoman added.

Posted by Simon Thomas

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