Telstra Media Release: SMS plans designed for young Australians
Charlie Wong
5 June, 2002
Telstra's youth brand for the under-25s market, communic8, today
launched new mobile phone plans tailored to the text message habits
and budget restrictions of younger Australians.
communic8's Marketing Manager, Mr Mario Garrido said the new
communic8 SMS Plans offer discounted and some free SMS messaging to
younger and budget conscious mobile customers.
"The communic8 SMS Plans are available to customers on a subscriber or
casual basis. They offer a rate of 15 cents for each SMS message sent
to over 5 million communic8 or Telstra Mobile customers, and 18 cents
for each SMS message sent to any other network on SMS Plans $20 and
above," Mr Garrido said.
The Subscriber SMS Plans also offer FREETXT, which allows customers to
send free SMS messages to communic8 and Telstra mobiles between 9pm
and 5am#.
"communic8 customers users are increasingly using SMS messaging to
carry out short conversations and organise their social lives," Mr
Garrido said.
"Our research shows that approximately 80 per cent of communic8
customers send SMS messages," Mr Garrido said.
According to international research, Australians under 25 years of age
send an average of 75 million SMS text messages a month*. This equates
to an average of approximately 2.5 million messages a day.
"If your children are always using SMS to let you know where they are
or to organise social plans with their friends, and make the
occasional voice call, then communic8 SMS Plans are the way to go," Mr
Garrido said.
"Or if customers prefer to talk rather than SMS, communic8 Subscriber
Call Plans can be tailored to suit calling habits. Simply choose
whether you tend to make your call during the day, night or weekend
and choose the Call Plan Bonus Option Pack that suits your needs. "
To coincide with the launch of the new communic8 SMS Plans, communic8
is sponsoring the Sony Ericsson Text Messaging Championships later
this year. The championship is searching for the fastest text
messenger in Australia.
Customers wanting more information about the new communic8 SMS Plans
should visit their local Telstra Mobile outlets, go online to
www.communic8.com.au or phone 125 8880.
About communic8
communic8 is Telstra's youth brand, offering tailored
telecommunications services to the under-25s market. Offers include
pre- and post-paid mobiles solution packages backed by the benefits
and reliability of Telstra's network.
# Capped at 200 SMS messages per FREETXT period. Excludes some
enhanced SMS services. Telstra's FairPlay policy applies.
* Mobile Youth 2002 Report, produced by the Wireless World Forum
(W2F), London.
For further information, please contact:
Virginia Murphy
Telstra Mobile
Tel: 03 8627 8321
Mobile: 0417 301 700
E-mail: news...@team.telstra.com
Story Online http://www.telstra.com.au/newsroom/release.cfm?ReleaseID=20361
Reference Number: 134b/2002
Andrew
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Sounds interesting, will have to see what the catches are there.
Oh and by the way ? Will Charlie Wong still waste you ?
SK
monthly spend level as I use only $5 on SMS.
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Michael
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> I would probably switch to one of these plans if there was no minimum
> monthly spend level as I use only $5 on SMS.
Jeez its only $10 per month, what do you expect? you tightass
SK
/ SMS. I would much prefer to spend it on something worthwhile like a new
phone, etc.
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Michael
> WTF? I am not wasting $60 a year on a mobile phone that I use for
emergency
> / SMS. I would much prefer to spend it on something worthwhile like a new
> phone, etc.
You are a tightass, and a moron
You spend $5 per month, yet you would rather buy a new phone?
What kind of wanker on a $5 spend needs a new phone?
Simply a posing wanker, I think
SK
I bet you drive a Porsche and have a T68 with your own laptop, etc.
Kwyjibo
> Fuck you. I couldn't give a shit what you think.
>
> I bet you drive a Porsche and have a T68 with your own laptop, etc.
>
I occasionally drive the porche, but only if the Lear Jet is in being
serviced.
Kwyj.
Michael
> mobile phone
> this is from the days when i worked in a mobile phone shop as a tech (im
> so glad that i didnt have to put up with this all of the time)
> customer::: hi do you have any second hand mobile phones for sale?
> me::: yes quite a few, what are you after?
> C; oooorrr 8210 8250 8850
> (remember this was when these phones where just out)
> Me: ok i have 2 8210, 1 8250 and 3 8850 seeing that they are all in
> different conditions this affects the price bla bla bla, how much where
> you looking at spending? i will find the best one for you.
> C: ooorrr about $50 maybe $100
> Now what am i meant to say at this point? in one day i had this happen 7
> times before lunch. it drove me crazy!!!!!!!!
> people just dont understand that there is NO SUCH THING as a really good
> really cheap phone. you get what you pay for.
Hmmm interesting. My friend sells mobiles and she never really had people
wanting 2nd hand phones.
Did you work in a particularly pov-ulent city or area?
> again (darker lighting inside). at this point i was accused of
> installing lights that would only work inside this shop. (at this time i
Conspiracy theories abound :)
> i doing hate mobile phone repairs!!!!!
Then stop doing them