International roaming on a plan

Once enabled on your mobile service, an International Roaming Day Pass will activate the moment your service is switched on and used in an eligible destination outside of Australia.

Your International Roaming Day Pass will expire for:

• Upfront plans 24 hours from your service being used
• Non-Upfront plans at 11.59pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
• Any unused data expires at the end of each day.

Day Pass charges apply for the days when your service is used overseas to make or receive calls, send SMS, or if data is used, including background data usage. Receiving an SMS will not trigger your Day Pass.

Once you’re back in Australia, you can leave your International Roaming Day Pass switched on and you won’t be charged.

To track your data usage:

1. Sign in to My Telstra
2. Select your service under Services
3. Select International usage.

You can also choose your preferred data usage notification method under Services > Extras > International Roaming.

To buy more data:

If you’re on an Upfront Plan, we’ll send an SMS with the option to buy a Data Top-Up. Non-Upfront Plans automatically get a Data Top-Up.

1. Sign in to My Telstra
2. Select your service under Services
3. Select Extras, then International Roaming
4. Purchase an International Roaming Data Top-Up.

If you’re on an Upfront plan

If you’re on an Upfront plan and your destination isn’t included in the International Roaming Day Pass, you’ll need to connect to local Wi-Fi.

If you’re on any other Telstra plan

If you’re on any other Telstra mobile plan and your destination isn’t included in the International Roaming Day Pass, you’ll be charged Pay-As-You-Go rates to use your phone in that destination.

The rates for each country will vary and once you arrive in your destination, we’ll send you an SMS with the rates that apply.

If you don’t want to use Day Pass, make sure it’s turned off:

1. Sign in to My Telstra
2. Select your service under Services
3. Select Extras, then International Roaming
4. Toggle International Roaming Day Pass off.

If you’re on an Upfront plan

To connect without Day Pass overseas, you’ll need to use local Wi-Fi. We also have Pre-Paid International Roaming Packs for Pre-Paid customers.

If you’re on any other Telstra plan

You also have the option to not use the International Roaming Day Pass while in Day Pass countries and be charged on a Pay-As-You-Go basis instead, but this isn’t recommended because it can be far more expensive.

Pay as you go rates

• Data rate is $3 per MB
• SMS is 75c per message
• Voice rates per minute below:
  • Africa
    • A-I: Algeria $5.00, Angola $4.00, Botswana $3.50, Cameroon $5.00, Chad $5.00, Congo Democratic Republic $4.00, Egypt $4.50, Ethiopia $4.50, Gabon $5.00, Gambia $4.00, Ghana $1.50, Guinea Republic $5.00, Ivory Coast (Coted' Ivoire) $5.00
    • J-R: Kenya $4.50, Lesotho $1.50, Liberia $2.00, Libya $3.50, Madagascar $5.00, Malawi $4.50, Mali $5.00, Mauritania $5.00, Mauritius $3.50, Morocco $5.00, Mozambique $3.00, Namibia $3.00, Niger $5.00, Nigeria $2.50, Rwanda $2.00
    • S-Z: Senegal $5.00, Seychelles $3.50, Sierra Leone $2.50, South Africa $1.50, Swaziland $2.00, Tanzania $5.00, Tunisia $5.00, Uganda $2.50, Zambia $5.00, Zimbabwe $5.00
  • Americas
    • A-I: Antigua & Barbuda $5.00, Argentina $5.00, Barbados $5.00, Bolivia $3.50, Brazil $3.50, Canada $3.00, Cayman Islands $5.00, Chile $4.00, Colombia $5.00, Costa Rica $2.50, Dominica $5.00, Dominican Republic $5.00, Ecuador $5.00, El Salvador $3.50, Grenada & Carriacou $5.00, Guatemala $3.50, Guyana $4.50, Haiti $5.00, Honduras $3.50
    • J-R: Jamaica $5.00, Mexico $4.50, Nicaragua $3.50, Panama $4.50, Paraguay $4.00, Peru $4.50, Puerto Rico $5.00
    • S-Z: Suriname $4.00, Trinidad & Tobago $5.00, United States $3.00, Uruguay $2.50, Venezuela $3.00
  • Asia
    • A-I: Afghanistan $3.00, Armenia $4.50, Azerbaijan $4.50, Bahrain $2.00, Bangladesh $5.00, Bhutan $4.00, Brunei $2.50, Cambodia $3.00, China $3.50, Georgia $3.50, Hong Kong $2.50, India $3.50, Indonesia $4.00, Iran $3.50, Iraq $4.00, Israel $4.00
    • J-R: Japan $3.00, Jordan $3.00, Kazakhstan $4.50, Kuwait $5.00, Kyrgyzstan $2.00, Laos $2.50, Lebanon $1.50, Macau $2.00, Malaysia $2.00, Maldives $5.00, Mongolia $5.00, Myanmar (Burma) $4.50, Nepal $3.00, Oman $5.00, Pakistan $1.50, Palestine $4.00, Philippines $3.00, Qatar $4.50
    • S-Z: Saudi Arabia $5.00, Singapore $1.50, South Korea $2.50, Sri Lanka $4.50, Taiwan $2.00, Tajikistan $5.00, Thailand $2.50, Timor-Leste $2.50, Türkiye $4.00, United Arab Emirates $3.50, Uzbekistan $5.00, Vietnam $2.00, Yemen $2.50
  • Europe
    • A-I: Albania $5.00, Andorra $3.00, Austria $3.00, Belarus $4.50, Belgium $4.00, Bosnia-Herzegovina $2.50, Bulgaria $3.50, Croatia $4.50, Cyprus $1.50, Czech Republic $4.50, Denmark $2.00, Estonia $3.50, Finland $1.50, France $2.50, Germany $2.00, Gibraltar $1.50, Greece $2.00, Hungary $3.00, Iceland $5.00, Ireland $2.50, Italy $2.00
    • J-R: Latvia $4.00, Liechtenstein $3.00, Lithuania $4.50, Luxembourg $2.00, Macedonia $3.00, Malta $5.00, Moldova $3.50, Monaco $2.50, Montenegro $5.00, Netherlands $2.50, Norway $2.00, Poland $4.00, Portugal $2.00, Romania $4.00, Russia $5.00
    • S-Z: Serbia $5.00, Slovak Republic $3.00, Slovenia $3.50, Spain $3.50, Sweden $2.50, Switzerland $3.00, Ukraine $5.00, United Kingdom $2.00
  • Oceania
    • A-I: Cook Islands $3.00, Fiji & Nauru $2.50, French Polynesia $3.00, Guam $2.50
    • J-R: Micronesia (Federated States of) $5.00, New Caledonia $2.00, New Zealand $1.50, Papua New Guinea $3.50
    • S-Z: Samoa $3.50, Solomon Islands $2.00, Tonga $2.00, Vanuatu $2.00
  • Other
    • Airline Services $5.00, Cruise Ship Services $5.00