Keeping in touch with family and friends across the Tasman just got a lot easier for 2degrees customers who can now call and text Australia on their mobiles at no extra cost.
From June 7, 2013, all 2degrees Pay Monthly and Prepay Plus Combo customers can use their included minutes and ‘All You Need’ texts to call any landline or mobile in Australia.
Chief Marketing Officer Malcolm Phillipps said that kiwis make more than 600 million minutes of calls to Australia every year, yet they have not used their mobiles to make a lot of these calls as prices are as high as 91 cents per minute on competitor networks; that has the potential to cost Kiwi’s millions every year, just to keep connected.
Market Change
“You can now call a landline or mobile in Perth with your included 2degrees minutes for the same price as a call to Palmerston North. With 650,000 kiwi expats living in Australia and many companies doing business across the Tasman, it is time to change the market again,” Mr Phillipps said.
“We know that 73% of New Zealanders have friends and family currently living in Australia and of those, 86% regularly keep in touch with each other. Now, kiwis can talk and text friends and family in both countries whenever and wherever they like on their mobiles, with confidence there are no additional costs.”
Mr Phillipps said that mobile is now the key tool for home and business life.
“With Australia becoming part of the New Zealand calling package via 2degrees mobile, you really would have to question the need for a home phone, with its monthly line charge plus high per minute charges for calling across the Tasman.
“It certainly makes sense for people to now use their mobile to keep in touch with loved ones and even more sense for kiwi companies who regularly do business across the Tasman.
A testimonial
One such kiwi company is Stray Ltd, an adventure travel agency which says that this initiative will make a real difference to both its business and people.
“It is critical that we have effective communication tools to speak with Australia for our entire business given a large source of our business is from Australia. To have the ability to call Australia from my, or one of our many company mobiles anywhere, anytime at no extra cost is the ultimate flexibility. Not only is this a direct tool for the company but also an advantage that extends to our crew who all have 2degrees phones. It will give us the competitive edge to offer a complete package to staff which will also benefit their personal lives. What I really admire about 2degrees is that this would typically be offered only to new connections by other Telco’s; but with 2degrees, it is different,” he said.
Important: The above are subject to terms and conditions, which can be obtained from any 2degrees Mobile Limited store or on 0800-022022.
