subsidiary industry telecommunications founded 2005 headquarters st leonards new south wales australia products prepaid mobile phone website www.savvytel.com.au savvytel was a mobile phone company based in st leonards new south wales australia . contents 1 history 2 products 2.1 prepaid mobile 2.2 cap plans 2.3 other products 3 marketing 4 awards 5 references 6 external links history edit savvytel began in 2005 with its prepaid mobile phone product launched in august 2006 . 1 as a mobile virtual network operator the company bought airtime from vodafone australia . the parent company savvy direct began operations in australia as a telecommunications broker in 1992 2 after the deregulation of the australian telecommunications market in 1991 . on 15 july 2010 the business known by this time as mobile services only pty. ltd was taken into liquidation . the liquidators sold the business to savvy communications pty. ltd. on 3 august 2010 and the purchaser began porting the customer base from the vodafone network to the optus network . in august 2013 the business was again taken into liquidation . 3 the company was subsequently acquired by yatango mobile in november 2013 . 4 in march 2015 yatango announced that the savvytel network will be shut down in april 2015 . 5 products edit prepaid mobile edit savvytel began offering prepaid mobile phone access at rates lower than traditional carriers because under the telecommunications act 1997 savvytel are able to obtain a licence to purchase airtime at a rate lower than the carrier while still able to make a profit . 6 further savvytel was the first mobile phone company in the world 7 to offer call credits that never expire . 8 cap plans edit in 2007 savvytel introduced a range of cap plans that include calls to landlines including over 200 international destinations mobiles sms national and international voicemail and 13 1 300 and 1 800 numbers . other products edit savvytel also sells phone cards for prepaid calling to international destinations at a reduced rate . marketing edit savvytel s product marketing has mostly been through the internet and newsagents 1 who sell their starter kits . in 2007 savvytel 20 starter kits were given away as runner up prizes on the late night channel nine quiz show quizmania . awards edit on 4 december 2007 money magazine announced the winners of their best of the best awards where they aim to provide the consumer with information on the best deals in practically everything . savvytel was the gold winner in the best plans medium users for their 20 cap citation needed and bronze winner in the best plans high users for their 115 cap . citation needed savvytel is a low cost mobile company that is making waves . 9 references edit a b glenn wheeler . http www.savvytel.com.au press 2ue % 20interview.pdf . 2006 08 20 . event occurs at 14 44 14 59 . southern cross broadcasting . 2ue . archived from the original on november 5 2007 . missing or empty series help sydney roosters rugby league 2007 . other sponsors . sydney roosters rugby league club . retrieved 2007 10 19 . http www.dissolve.com.au insolvency news savvytel enters liquidation http prepaidplans.com.au 2013 11 savvytel purchased by yatango mobile http savvytel.com.au faces faq faq network migration.xhtml customers most often ask us ... . faq . savvytel . retrieved 2007 10 19 . a current affair . http www.savvytel.com.au press aca % 20transcript % 2012042007.pdf . 2007 04 12 . nine network . channel nine . missing or empty series help burke nicolette 2007 06 08 . pre paids rise from mobile s budget bin . business . the daily telegraph . p. 81 . retrieved 2007 10 19 . effie zahos ; deputy editor money magazine december 07 p. 114 external links edit savvytel v t e australian mobile network operators optus mobile telstra mobile vodafone australian mobile virtual network operators amaysim boost crazy john s iinet lycamobile gt mobile lebara savvytel tpg tru virgin mobile retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title savvytel & oldid 738673202 categories mobile phone companies of australiamobile virtual network operatorscompanies based in sydneyhidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlsall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from december 2007 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 september 2016 at 11 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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