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Australian owned TelstraClear said today it was re-entering the mobile phone market ahead of schedule with a full service offering for small and medium enterprise business customers.
Early next year, the service would be offered to residential customers and large businesses.
TelestraClear previously resold Vodafone's service, but the pair parted company in June.
The new service will use Telecom's CDMA network. TelestraClear will attempt to woo its fixed line service small and medium business customers to its mobile service.
Spokeswoman Brenda Stonestreet said that in the past TelstraClear offered the same plans as Vodafone at much the same price, but it would now deliver something different.
It had successfully run a pilot scheme of its service with selected customers.
The small and medium business offering includes two voice plans and one data plan, with further plans and bundled products planned for the new year.
TelstraClear's BizMobile Plus plan costs $99.95 per month including 400 minutes of calls to any local landline or mobile at any time. Customers can also buy three gigabytes of data for $75 per month.
The Starter plan costs $30 per month access, with a straight calling rate 40 cent a minute.
- NZPA
