Cheaper 5G mobile plans now available to Optus MVNOs

Alex Choros - Managing Editor + Group Telco Editor

Last updated 14 June 2023

Optus-powered mobile providers are now able to sell more affordable 5G mobile plans with speed caps.

All Optus MVNOs are able to offer these 5G speed-capped plans, but Southern Phone is the only one to have already launched plans. Southern Phones' plans start at $30 per month with a 20GB allowance and a 100Mbps speed cap. This makes it the cheapest 5G plan on the Optus network. Aussie Broadband has the next cheapest plan on the Optus 5G network, charging $45 per month for a 30GB plan with uncapped speeds.

Here are the most affordable mobile plans with access to the Optus 5G network:

#1	amaysim	amaysim UNLIMITED 42GB Plan 75GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps Optus 5G in selected areas with 5G devices ex. NT Deal: Save $23 for first renewal & includes 33GB bonus data for first 3 renewals when you sign up by 15.11.26. Online only. T&Cs apply $12.00 Starter Pack 28 Day Expiry Link not supplied	$12.00 Starter Pack 28 Day Expiry	Link not supplied
#2	SpinTel Editor's Pick	SpinTel Editor's Pick $23 Mobile Plan 25GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps Optus 5G in selected areas with 5G devices ex. NT WhistleOut Special: Enjoy $11 off for the first 6 months for new customers - $12/mth for first 6 months, then $23/mth $12.00/mth Min. cost $12 Go to Site	$12.00/mth Min. cost $12	Go to Site
#3	Dodo	Dodo Small Mobile Plan 25GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps Optus 5G in selected areas (exc NT) with a 5G device $25.00/mth Min. cost $25 Go to Site	$25.00/mth Min. cost $25	Go to Site
#4	Aussie Broadband	Aussie Broadband Saver 5G SIM Plan 20GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps Optus 5G in selected areas with 5G devices ex. NT $30.00/mth Min. cost $30 Link not supplied	$30.00/mth Min. cost $30	Link not supplied
#5	Coles Mobile	Coles Mobile $35 Mobile Plan 45GB data at download speeds up to 100Mbps Optus 5G in selected areas (exc NT) with a 5G device Deal: Only $12 for 45GB (incl. $23 off first renewal). Offer ends 27.10.26 $35.00/mth Min. cost $12 Link not supplied	$35.00/mth Min. cost $12	Link not supplied
#6	Optus	Optus $60 Optus Choice Plus Plan 100GB data Optus 5G in selected areas (exc NT) with a 5G device Deal: $39/mth and 100GB/mth for first 12 months, then 60GB/mth and $60/mth or as notified. New services. Ends 12.11.26. Terms apply. $39.00/mth Min. cost $39 Go to Site	$39.00/mth Min. cost $39	Go to Site

Optus MVNOs will still be able to offer more expensive 5G plans without a speed cap. Aussie Broadband, for example, remains committed to offering uncapped 5G mobile plans.

"We believe capping mobile speeds effectively limits customers’ full access to the capabilities of their 5G devices, and the service people are paying for," said an Aussie Broadband spokesperson.

"It therefore doesn’t pass that Aussie test of being good to people, and so we think offering uncapped speeds is a better way forward for everyone."

We've yet to receive confirmation that any other Optus-powered providers will be launching this more affordable style of speed capped 5G plan. The ability to offer cheaper 5G plans could help foster 5G adoption among MVNOs, which are often seen as a budget alternative to Telstra, Optus, and Vodafone.

In 2021, Moose Mobile CEO Dean Lwin told WhistleOut that the high wholesale price was the reason the telco hadn't offered 5G mobile plans. Moose Mobile still doesn't sell 5G mobile plans, however, and doesn't have immediate plans to launch the new speed-capped options available to it as an Optus MVNO.

While the new 5G options are cheaper than 5G plans we've seen from Optus MVNOs, 4G-only plans are still more affordable than those with 5G and a speed cap. For example, Moose Mobile has a 25GB plan for $16.80 per month for the first year, which then rises to $23.80 per month.

Southern Phone itself is still offering 4G-only plans, including a 60GB option for $30 per month for the first year, and $40 per month thereafter. That makes it the same price as its cheapest 5G option, but with three times the data.

#1	OnePass mobile	OnePass mobile 28 Day Plan - 65GB 65GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps Optus 5G in selected areas with 5G devices ex. NT Deal: Save $20 - Get 65GB for only $20 for the first 6 recharges! Recharges $40/65GB. New customers only. T&Cs apply $20.00 Per 28 Day Renewal Link not supplied	$20.00 Per 28 Day Renewal	Link not supplied
#2	SpinTel	SpinTel $29 Mobile Plan 50GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps Optus 5G in selected areas with 5G devices ex. NT $29.00/mth Min. cost $29 Go to Site	$29.00/mth Min. cost $29	Go to Site
#3	Yomojo	Yomojo Pro 105GB Plan 105GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps On the Optus 4G Plus Mobile Network $34.90 Per 30 Day Renewal Link not supplied	$34.90 Per 30 Day Renewal	Link not supplied
#4	amaysim	amaysim UNLIMITED 42GB Plan 75GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps Optus 5G in selected areas with 5G devices ex. NT Deal: Save $23 for first renewal & includes 33GB bonus data for first 3 renewals when you sign up by 15.11.26. Online only. T&Cs apply $35.00 Per 28 Day Renewal Link not supplied	$35.00 Per 28 Day Renewal	Link not supplied
#5	Optus	Optus $60 Optus Choice Plus Plan 100GB data Optus 5G in selected areas (exc NT) with a 5G device Deal: $39/mth and 100GB/mth for first 12 months, then 60GB/mth and $60/mth or as notified. New services. Ends 12.11.26. Terms apply. $39.00/mth Min. cost $39 Go to Site	$39.00/mth Min. cost $39	Go to Site
#6	Dodo	Dodo Large Mobile Plan 80GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps Optus 5G in selected areas (exc NT) with a 5G device Deal: 50% off for first 4 mths! Get the Large Mobile Plan for $20/mth for first 4 mths. New and returning mobile customers only. Ends 27.10 $40.00/mth Min. cost $20 Go to Site	$40.00/mth Min. cost $20	Go to Site
#7	Coles Mobile	Coles Mobile $45 Mobile Plan 100GB data at download speeds up to 100Mbps Optus 5G in selected areas (exc NT) with a 5G device $45.00/mth Min. cost $45 Link not supplied	$45.00/mth Min. cost $45	Link not supplied
#8	Aussie Broadband	Aussie Broadband Essential 5G SIM Plan 100GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps Optus 5G in selected areas with 5G devices ex. NT $50.00/mth Min. cost $50 Link not supplied	$50.00/mth Min. cost $50	Link not supplied

The news fits into the wider adoption of speed caps in the mobile industry. Late last month, Optus revealed that it will introduce speed caps to its prepaid plans when it refreshes them in July. Optus' own prepaid plans will have a faster speed cap of either 150Mbps or 250Mbps, depending on the recharge.

Telstra has also introduced speed caps on some of its prepaid plans, as well as for its MVNO providers. Telstra network providers typically offer cheaper plans capped at 100Mbps, and faster plans capped at 250Mbps.

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Alex Choros is the Managing Editor of WhistleOut Australia and an award-winning journalist. He's been writing about consumer technology for over a decade and is an expert on the Australian telco sector, to the point where he knows far too many phone and internet plans by heart. In addition to leading the WhistleOut editorial team, Alex is responsible for ruining the office Sonos with his troubled taste in music.

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