Stats crunched by Mozo Experts
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633Mobile Plans
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49Providers
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19Award Categories
A big round of applause to the 2023 winners of the Mozo Experts Choice Awards for Mobile Plans. To decide which mobile plans deliver the best value for Australian consumers, our team of expert judges assessed 633 plans from 49 providers of personal mobile plans. The winners list below outlines the plans that offer the best value according to our rigorous assessment.
So if you’re after a great mobile phone plan; whether that means excess data, fast speeds, international roaming or a low cost package, this year’s winners list is a great place to get started.
Standout Winners
Mobile Plan Provider of the Year 5G
A big congrats to Vodafone who took out five wins across categories in 5G mobile and data plans. It offers great value monthly plans with generous data limits. Its data sharing features also help families budget and manage their data combined usage, making it an easy choice for our Mobile Plan Provider of the Year 5G award.
Congratulations to:
Vodafone
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Mobile Plan Provider of the Year 5G
- 30 day network satisfaction guarantee
- 5G coverage in Australia’s top cities
Mobile Plan Provider of the Year 4G
For mobile users not ready to upgrade to the 5G network yet, Kogan Mobile presents a leading range of options across 4G mobile plans. It offers a mix of short and long expiry plans and their overall balance of value for money allowed it to take out our Mobile Plan Provider of the Year 4G award for the second year in a row.
Congratulations to:
Kogan Mobile
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Mobile Plan Provider of the Year 4G
- Unlimited Australian calls and texts
- Activate your sim in minutes
Mobile Plan 4G Small
Congratulations to:
Catch Connect, Felix Mobile, and Kogan Mobile
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365 Days - Medium
- Unlimited Australian calls and texts
- 200GB total data
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18 GB Mobile Plan
- 30 day plan
- Unlimited Australian calls and texts
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Sim only Mobile plan
- Unlimited mobile data, up to 20Mbps in Australia
- Unlimited Australian calls and texts
Mobile Plan 4G Medium
Congratulations to:
iiNet, Internode, Kogan Mobile, Lebara, Spintel, TPG, and Westnet
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Mobile Plan - 40 GB
- No lock-in contract
- Unlimited Australian calls and texts
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Sim only plans - 50 GB
- eSIM
- No lock-in contract
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Sim only plans - 45 GB
- No lock-in contract
- Unlimited Australian calls and texts
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Mobile Plan - 40 GB
- Unlimited Australian calls and texts
- No lock-in contract
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Monthly - Medium
- Unlimited Australian calls and texts
- Data rollover up to 200GB
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Large 360 Day
- Data banking up to 200GB available
- Unlimited Australian calls and texts
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Sim only plans - 40 GB
- Unlimited Australian calls and texts
- No lock-in contract
Mobile Plan 4G Large
Congratulations to:
amaysim, Circles.Life, Dodo, Kogan Mobile, and TeleChoice
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80 GB Plan
- Unlimited Australian calls and texts
- Unlimited International texts
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28 Day plan - 80 GB
- Unlimited Australian calls and texts
- Unlimited data banking
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Monthly - Large
- Unlimited Australian calls and texts
- No lock-in contract
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100 GB Plan
- Unlimited Australian calls and texts
- Month to month plan
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7 Month - 630 GB
- Data banking and gifting
- No lock-in contract
Mobile Plan 5G Small
Congratulations to:
Belong, CMOBILE, TeleChoice, and Vodafone
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Sim only plan - 40 GB
- Unlimited Australian calls and texts
- Powered by the Telstra network
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Small SIM Only Plan
- No excess data charges
- Unlimited calls and texts
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48 GB - Prepaid
- Data banking and gifting
- Unlimited Australian calls and texts
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CMobile Blue plan - 32 GB
- Data speeds up to 100Mbps
- Unlimited Australian calls and texts
Mobile Plan 5G Medium
Congratulations to:
Belong and Mate
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Sim only plan - 100 GB
- No lock-in contract
- Unlimited data banking and gifting
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Soul mates
- 500GB of data banking
- Download speeds of up to 250Mbps
Mobile Plan 5G Large
Congratulations to:
Vodafone
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Medium SIM Only Plan
- No lock-in contract
- No excess data charges
Data Plan 4G Small
Congratulations to:
Aussie Broadband, Lebara, and Vodafone
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Medium - 25 GB
- No lock-in contract
- Simple set up
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Small Tablet Data SIM Only
- No excess data charges
- Data sharing available
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Data only plan - 40 GB
- 90 day expiry
- Up to 200GB data banking available
Data Plan 4G Medium
Congratulations to:
Spintel
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Data Only - 50 GB
- Excess data pack option
- No lock-in contract
Data Plan 4G Large
Congratulations to:
CMOBILE
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Data Only - Blue 130 GB
- No lock-in contract
- Powered by Telstra network
Data Plan 5G Small
Congratulations to:
Belong
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Data Plan - 20 GB
- Data gifting available
- Excess data pack options
Data Plan 5G Medium
Congratulations to:
Belong
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Data Plan - 100 GB
- No lock-in contract
- Powered by Telstra
Data Plan 5G Large
Congratulations to:
Tangerine Telecom
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Mobile Broadband Data plan - 400 GB
- No lock-in contract
- Download speeds up to 250Mbps available
Family Mobile Plan 4G Small
Congratulations to:
More
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22 GB Sim Only Plan
- No lock-in contract
- 500GB data banking available
Family Mobile Plan 5G Small
Congratulations to:
Vodafone
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150 GB Prepaid Plus Starter
- No excess data charges
- Unlimited calls and texts
Family Mobile Plan 5G Medium
Congratulations to:
More and Optus
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Family Plan
- Share your data
- Parental control
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120 GB Sim Only Plan
- 500GB data banking available
- Powered by Telstra network
Family Mobile Plan 5G Large
Congratulations to:
Vodafone
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Medium SIM Only Plan
- Bundle eligible plans to save on plan fees
- No excess data charges
Mobile International Roaming
Millions of Australians have wasted no time jetsetting overseas with borders back open. But staying connected, informed and not getting lost on public transport while overseas is just as important as ever. Judges deemed these international roaming add-ons as the best value offering in our cost calculation scenario.
Congratulations to:
Felix Mobile, Optus, and Vodafone
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International Roaming
- Roam in over 90 zone 1 destinations.
- Activate through My Optus App
- 5G data roaming
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International Roaming
- Roam for just $5 extra a day
- Available for over 100 countries
- Easy activation
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International Roaming
- 4GB of data at speeds up to 20Mbps
- 100 standard international minutes in calls
- 100 standard international SMS
What are the Mozo Experts Choice Awards?
Now in their tenth year, the Mozo Experts Choice Awards present an opportunity to recognise products in the market we believe offer great value to Australians.
For the 2023 Mobile Plans awards, our Experts assessed 49 telecommunications providers of personal mobile plans head to head.
“We rely on our smartphones for almost everything these days from doing our banking, working remotely, connecting with friends to keeping up with the latest news, but this connectivity comes at a price, which is why it is so important to find a mobile plan that meets your needs at a reasonable price,” said Mozo Experts Choice Awards judge AJ Duncanson.
“We know it can be a hefty task as there are so many providers offering a vast range of plans to choose from. For these awards we collected detailed information about every mobile plan we could find and came up with a method of finding the best value plans no matter what costs and data allowance they have. Whether you’re after a basic connection to keep a phone running, or if you consume video content every day, our winners list is sure to include a plan that's up your alley.”
For details on how we crunched the numbers and determined our winners, see the 2023 Mozo Experts Choice Awards for Mobile Plans methodology report.
Our Expert Judges
We couldn’t have a name like the Mozo Experts Choice Awards without a dedicated and experienced team of product data analysts at the helm. Combined they have decades of experience behind them. Meet them below.
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AJ Duncanson
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Peter Marshall
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Meredith Allan
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George Hirst
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Rumpa Saha
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Afia Asha
FAQs
What’s the Judging Criteria for the Mozo Experts Choice Awards?
Running since 2014, the Mozo Experts Choice Awards recognise products that deliver exceptional value or benefits to consumers. See our 2022 Mozo Experts Choice Awards for Mobile Plans methodology report for detailed information on how we performed product comparisons and determined the final winners for 2022.
Did you compare all mobile phone plan providers in the market for these awards?
We aim to include most mobile phone plan providers in the market in the Mozo Experts Choice Awards. Any plan or provider we review must be available at the time of our analysis and any offers included must be available to the general public on the provider’s website.
In carrying out the Mozo Experts Choice Awards for Mobile Plans 2022, we analysed 42 providers of personal mobile plans.
How do mobile phone plans work?
Mobile phones have become one of the most important ways to stay connected to work, friends, and family. So for Australian consumers it’s a very competitive landscape to select from.
In Australia, you can simply sign up for a mobile phone plan with a provider and most will give you access to services such as phone calls, texting and mobile data to access the internet. It’s that easy. But what are the differences between the available products and services?
For a start, telco providers have different rates and charges, offer different network coverage and even deals, depending on what you sign up for. This is why doing some homework is important, making the Mozo Experts Choice Awards a great starting point.
Who are the Mozo Experts?
The Mozo Experts Choice Awards are overseen by AJ Duncanson and Peter Marshall. AJ is Mozo’s Data Director, a data scientist and actuary who has worked in financial services and product comparison for over 30 years. Peter has been in the industry even longer, and as Research Manager he leads the team of analysts that gather information and compare products every day, and perform all the calculations behind the Mozo Experts Choice Awards.
I work for a winning telco, how do we promote our win?
Please get in touch with us to discuss by email should you have any queries.