MOBILE phone deals for ten cents a month — possibly the lowest ever — have arrived in Australia.
Smaller carrier Moose Mobile — who uses the Optus network — has this month rolled out a deal giving cost-conscious customers a monthly phone introductory offer for just 10 cents.
It is available for phone customers who bring their own device and chew through small amount of data.
Customers must choose Moose’s smaller month-by-month deals — either the $9 (1GB) and $14 monthly (1.5GB) to take up the introductory offer.
Telco comparison website WhistleOut’s spokesman Kenny McGilvary said it’s one of the cheapest deals to ever hit the market.
“It’s certainly difficult to get much cheaper,” he said.
He said “paying very little for the first month” is a good way to test the waters before committing to a carrier.
Mobile phone customers are getting cheaper deals as competition among carrier intensifies.
Moose Mobile’s chief executive officer Dean Lwin said they’re been inundated by customers signing up to the 10 cent deal since its rollout this month, showing customers are willing to try smaller carriers.
“It&apos;s a price where customer simply feels they have nothing to loose by going with a small telco,” he said.
Promotional deals are continuing to hit the market and the nation’s newest mobile network TPG Telecom is offering free access for customers when it launches in the coming months.
TPG is spending a massive $1.8 billion to build its own mobile network putting intense pressure on the other big three carriers including Telstra, Optus and Vodafone.
It has already pinned a six-month free trial period including 1GB of data per day for customers, which then reverts to a $9.99 monthly charge.
But this week reports confirmed rumours TPG and Vodafone Hutchison Australia were in talks about a potential merger which could deliver customers even more competitive if it eventuates.