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Telstra appear to be a carrier listening to customers with their new ‘Simplicity’ prepaid deals advocating prepaid pricing that is simple and easy to understand.

There new pricing plans have no connection fee and offer low call rates for national talk and texts. Customers will also benefit from a variety of longer expiry periods, ranging from 60 days to 180 days.
 
Stuart Bird, Telstra’s head of Prepaid, said the new pricing reflects customer feedback as they were based on market research findings. <\/P>

“The low Australia and International calling and text rates are recognise our customers increasingly want to connect to family and friends wherever they are and with this offer many international destinations will cost no more to call than if they were in Australia.”<\/P>

Pricing<\/STRONG><\/P>

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National Calls:
<\/STRONG>15 cent per minute call rates, 12 cent per SMS
International Calls (calls from Australia):
15 cents per minute: UK, Hong Kong, China
18 cents per minute: Ireland, New Zealand, the Philippines and South Africa <\/P>

Credit Expiry Periods:
<\/STRONG>$30 expires in 60 days
$50 expires in 100 days
$100 expires in 180 days
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