The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.
3 Mobile has also taken the opportunity to spruik some of its deals, and seeing as it has gone to all the trouble, and as space is effectively limitless on the Internet (with space being the final frontier after all, whether you live in the Star Wars, the Star Trekkian or our current, non-scifi 21st century universe), we’ll reprint those details here too.
As readers, you can decide whether to take any notice of them, or not.
3 Mobile’s “Christmas deal” for its prepaid mobile customers is a “double value deal” with every recharge, which sounds a bit like the upsize deal you’d get at a fast food outlet, although a lot healthier for your wallet and waistline.
The deal is: “When you recharge your Prepaid mobile account between 10th December and 24th January 2009, 3 will double the talk, text and mobile internet allowance on $29, $49 and $69 recharge vouchers.”
Hey, if you’re already a 3 Mobile prepaid customer, or plan to be one, this kind of two-for-one deal is a nice bonus.
3 Mobile is also doing a mobile phone and mobile wireless Internet deal too, which will be tempting for some who haven’t already made the jump to the world of wireless broadband.
That deal is as follows: “In addition, for a limited time customers who buy a Nokia 3120 Classic, free on the $29 Cap, will also get their hands on 3’s Prepaid Mobile Broadband. The stylish internet key modem and Prepaid starter kit is part of the package, offering access to high-speed cable-free browsing.”
Of course, you’ll need to remember that if your service roams onto the 2G network in the city, or you travel to the country and out of a 3G area, you’re up for $1.65 per megabyte, although this price is supposed to be massively reduced come mid-2009 when 3 Mobile’s new roaming deal with Telstra goes live.
Still, if you are worried about going to 2G in 3G city areas by accident, just set the supplied 3.5G connection software to stay “locked” to the 3G network only.
The USB Internet “key” is worth $129 at retail, so it’s a great deal if you or a relative needs a cheap, simple phone, so it could well be a very popular offer.
David Bass
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