Telecommunications

Ready to Mobile Roam into the Kingdom of Tonga

Posted by: Samiuela LV Taufa on November 25, 2006 5:04:17 AM

I have the occassion to check out the pricing for mobile roaming. What I really need is a local (Australian) number for people to contact me while I'm in Tonga.

The only partnership that I know of to get this service is Tonga's TCC and Australia's Telstra service so I'm walking around their websites checking what the deal is (how and where, and when)

The short and tall of it is, if you intend to use your mobile phone in Tonga, just get out at the airport and buy yourself a local sim card. Making local calls is a lot cheaper and making international calls is a whole lot cheaper.

Telstra's Roaming Prices for Tonga

[ref: http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/products/overseas/countryinfo.cfm?countryid=366&CFID=3774277&CFTOKEN=74712470 ]

If your office really needs to use your ONE number, then just bring a cheapo phone to use when in the country. Otherwise, sack your office staff and get a few who can read two lines of text (dial XXXX when I'm in Tonga!!!)

Is that chart saying $1.33 to recieve a call ?

Don't forget that these prices are AUD$ upstairs, and TOP$ downstairs.