To enable Australians to check on family and friends in Japan following last week’s earthquake/tsunami disaster, Telstra will not charge for calls to Japan made using its mobile and landline networks. The fee-free period (which also covers text messages) runs from 6:00am on Friday 11 March through until the same time on Friday March 25, with calls to Japanese numbers billed as zero cost. Handy to know if you’re trying to get in touch or stay in touch.
Hillel Weintraub
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 10:48 AMyeah, this sounds very impressive, but slightly unbelievable. Where did this information come from? Who ever posted it should give some sources. Angus Kidman? is that Nicole’s older brother? Or is Angus just a lot of bull ????
D
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 11:32 AMAgreed there should be a link to the source of the information.
http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/media-centre/announcements/telstra-assistance-to-check-on-family-and-friends-in-japan.xml
Adro
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 11:34 AMhttp://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/media-centre/announcements/telstra-assistance-to-check-on-family-and-friends-in-japan.xml
David Armstrong
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 11:28 AMTelstra is definitely offering free calls to Japan, see Telstra’s site: http://goo.gl/vMwaq
Hillel Weintraub
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 11:34 AMwas able to check this out at the source, and it is confirmed on Telstra’s homepage at: http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/media-centre/announcements/telstra-assistance-to-check-on-family-and-friends-in-japan.xml
nice to see a large corporation thinking about people!
Simon
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 11:42 AMHere’s the link to the Telstra announcement..it all checks out.
http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/media-centre/announcements/telstra-assistance-to-check-on-family-and-friends-in-japan.xml
Angus Kidman
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 11:56 AMFYI everybody, Telstra emailed the press announcement well ahead of putting it on its own site — that’s how it ended up here so quickly.
Anonymous
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 7:56 PMTried, but didn’t work! I am with telstra too! :(