SIM cards for Australia - a comparison

When traveling, you should choose a suitable provider for your cell phone. In this practical tip, we compare SIM cards for Australia for you.

SIM card 1: Mobile surfing in Australia with the SIM City Pack from Optua

With the SIM City Pack, the provider Optus offers a package especially for travelers from big cities.

Cost: The package costs you a one-time fee of 49.95 euros. Calls to the Australian cell phone network are charged $ 0.12, as well as to the Australian landline network. $ 0.19 is due in the German mobile network, while a call to the German landline costs $ 0.06.
For text messages to the Australian network, you have to pay 0.12 US dollars, while an SMS to Germany with 0.25 US dollars is almost twice as expensive.
Starting credit: You have 20 US dollars starting credit available for calling, which is valid for 90 days.
Internet: The package includes 1 GB of data for mobile surfing.
Network coverage: The provider Optus promises network coverage in large and small cities on the east coast, as well as in Darwin, Pert Alice Springs and Hobart.

So that you can be reached anywhere in Australia, Telstra offers the SIM Anywhere Pack.

Costs: As a starting fee you will be charged a fee of 84.95 euros. Calls within Australia cost $ 0.15 to both cell phones and landlines. A call to Germany and an SMS to the German network will also be charged with 0.15 US dollars.
If you want to send an SMS within Australia, you have to calculate US $ 0.12. An SMS to Germany costs 0.20 US dollars.
Starting credit: This package also gives you $ 20 starting credit to make calls. This is also valid for 90 days.
Internet: Here you have a data volume of 700 MB.
Network coverage: The provider promises you nationwide network coverage with this package.

The Working Holiday Pack is ideal for traveling or working in Australia.

Cost: This package is the cheapest offer with a starting fee of 29.95 euros. Within Australia, you pay $ 0.12 for calls to both cellular and landline networks. You can make calls to the German landline for $ 0.06, while calls to the German mobile network are charged for $ 0.19.
For a domestic SMS you have to pay US $ 0.12 and for an SMS to Germany you will be charged US $ 0.25.
Starting credit: Unfortunately, this package does not have a starting credit.
Internet: Unfortunately, you do not have a mobile data volume available in this package.
Network coverage: According to the provider, the network should cover all large and small cities on the east coast.
Special feature: Activating the SIM card costs you another 3 euros.

If you travel to densely populated areas in Australia and use a smartphone, we recommend the first offer from Optura.
The second offer from Telstra is aimed at everyone who needs to be available anytime, anywhere. If you have to be constantly available through your work, we recommend this package.
The third offer called "Working Holiday Pack" is ideal for you if you want to travel and work in Australia. You can view this package as a "starter package".

In our next practical tip, we will show you 3 offline maps alternatives to Google Maps, with which you can explore cities in Australia.