Included minutes allow you to make standard international calls from Australia to the following 79 countries. Eligible countries are subject to change.
Zone 1: Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, mainland China, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UK, USA and Vietnam. Calls are charged per minute.
Zone 2: Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bermuda, Chile, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Rep., Dominican Rep., Egypt, Faroe Is., Gibraltar, Guam, Guatemala, Iceland, Iran, Kenya, Kuwait, Macau, Malta, Mongolia, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, N. Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Slovak Rep., South Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, UAE, Uruguay and Venezuela.
- Calls are charged per minute. Excludes non-standard calls (premium, special, satellite, overseas toll-free numbers and video calls).
- For further minutes, SMS or destinations outside of the above, you can buy a $5 International Talk Add-on for international calls (includes minutes to 30 selected destinations) or $10 Extras Credit Add-on for international calls/text. See our Add-ons page for more details and above for rates to be deducted from any available Extras Credit balance. These international inclusions apply to any recharges on or after 10 October 2024.
Optus Prepaid Epic Data
Want unlimited standard international calls on Optus Prepaid Epic Data? $35+ Prepaid Epic Data recharges provides unlimited standard international calls to 15 selected destinations as standard plan inclusion. Included destinations are Canada, mainland China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, UK & USA.
Premium numbers
Each country has a different way of managing non-standard numbers. Some destinations have specific premium and special number ranges, in which case we will charge you more for calls, or may block calls to these number ranges. Because these non-standard numbers change all the time, we reserve the right to add or remove number ranges from any category set out below in accordance with those changes.
Non-standard numbers categories include premium and special numbers, which are:
- competition lines;
- voting lines;
- calls where you purchase or receive a service; and
- machine answered calls (including looped dial-tone calls and machine-dialled calls).
