SIM card for Australia - the best offers and tips

If you don't want to do without mobile internet for your vacation or year abroad in Australia, you can get a new SIM card. We show you what it costs and what you have to pay attention to when buying.

SIM card for Australia: you should know

The mobile internet is somewhat more expensive in Australia than in Germany. Even for longer stays, only prepaid tariffs are worthwhile and no contracts with long terms are worthwhile. Australia's largest mobile operators are Telstra, Optus, Virgin Mobile and Vodafone.

• You can get the SIM cards in many large supermarkets. You can also get the card directly in the shop of the provider. You will find at least one such shop in every mall.
• The network coverage of the various mobile phone providers is usually only relevant if you are staying in remote regions for longer. The largest coverage by far is Telstra, followed by Optus by far.
• At Telstra you get 100 minutes, unlimited SMS and 1 GB data volume for 14 days for 10 AUD. For 30 AUD you get 3 GB for a month. There is 6 GB for AUD 40 and 8 GB for AUD 50.
• 10 AUD currently correspond to around 6.50 euros.
• Alternatively, you can get the SIM card before you travel to Australia. Verivox has some great deals. Here, however, you always pay a little more than directly on site.

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