It seems like everyone is raising prices, and not just at the servo. Mobile carriers are doing it, as well, so it seems the cost of living will take a bit more of a hit, even if you’re trying to save with a lower cost mobile carrier.
Telstra this week confirmed that it would be raising mobile prices, thanks in part to the services improving, and while Telstra confirmed it wouldn’t affect Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs), it may actually affect two providers often thought of as MVNOs.
Both Belong and Boost Mobile are smaller mobile carriers, but owned by Telstra, and while they appear as MVNOs on the surface, they’re still owned by Telstra, and so perhaps unsurprisingly, are rising their prices, as well.
Belong customers received that alert in messages this week, noting their prices would be rising by a few dollars per month, and it appears Boost Mobile could see some of the same fate, as well.
Officially, May 5 will see the most basic 5G Boost plan move from $26 monthly to $28, while its 7GB monthly download cap also bumps to 8GB.
Boost’s other plans don’t appear to have suffered a bump in price, but will be getting more storage, jumping up between 5 and 10GB depending on the plans, which are priced between $39 and $79.
Over in the Belong camp, the other Telstra-owned provider is going up $4 per month on every plan, but not adding any extra storage, something the operator says will help it “invest in customer experiences, security, and customer support”. Data plans are also affected, going up $10 per month for every option, but interestingly going backwards in data for one of them: the $70 400GB monthly data plan will become an $80 250GB monthly data offering. Eek.
For the actual MVNOs, there’s been no word yet on whether they’ll raise prices, with neither Aldi, Exetel, Mate, Tangerine, or Woolies seeing price bumps just yet. Though suddenly the other telcos and options are looking a little more enticing, given all these price changes.
