Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
As competition for the hearts and minds – and hard earned money - of mobile phone users continues to heat up, 3 Mobile has upped the ante with a new monthly subscription plan to try and snare small businesses.
3 today announced the launch of the plan –
dubbed ‘The Works’ – which for $110 a month, it says SMBs will have a
greater choice of services “than ever before”, including more talk,
email and mobile Internet value.
As all the mobile providers battle it out for marketshare and new sign
ups, Australia still waits to see a decent business plan like the one
announced yesterday for Optus consumer users of the iPhone 3GS which
goes on sale in Australia this Friday, with the carrier offering the
phone to your run of the mill consumers, not business users, for zero
dollars upfront on a $99 a month plan, including 1.5GB data.
John Casey, director of marketing for 3 Mobile – or to be precise, the
newly merged entity Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) – claims ‘The
Works’ is the only business plan on the market to include international
calling with the plan inclusions, alongside unlimited access to email
on 3 and instant messaging.
‘The Works’ is the only business plan on the market to include
international calling within the plan inclusions alongside unlimited
access to Email On 3 and Instant Messaging, as well as 3,000 minutes of
national voice calls, 500 SMS and MMS messages and 3GB of data.
“In the current climate, the need to be constantly available to your
customers has never been more important,” Casey says, adding that 3 is
offering small businesses all the tools they need to stay connected in
one simple, cost effective package.
Just like ordering a hamburger with the lot, with The Works plan, 3
throws in a ‘free’ Nokia E71 handset or choice of other available
mobiles.
And, as we reported in iTWire on Monday with consumer users of
the Optus service, you do get the shiny new 3GS iPhone and they throw
in 1.5GB of data and unlimited calls, but unfortunately not for
business.
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