BlackBerry® Internet Service offers a seamless mobile extension to your existing email service by allowing users to access their email from BlackBerry® smartphones.

BlackBerry® Internet Service is the out-of-the-box service that comes ready to activate with every BlackBerry® smartphone, when integrated with an email service,  provides convenient, easy access to up to 10 personal and business email accounts with feature rich functionality, such as:

  • Virtual real-time delivery of email messages
  • HTML browsing and instant messaging similar to a desktop experience
  • Attachment viewing (JPEG, BMP, TIFF, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Corel, WordPerfect, Adobe PDF)
  • Calendar, contacts, address book, task and memo pad information that synchs with your desktop organizer
  • Thousands of 3rd party applications available
  • Compatibility with BlackBerry® Connect and BlackBerry® Built-In devices (feature set may vary by device

The Optus Mobile Blackberry caps are mobile cap plans that also have unlimited blackberry (BIS) email & Browsing.

Blackberry BIS $49 Blackberry BIS $59 Blackberry BIS $79 Blackberry BIS $99
Contract Term 24 Months 24 Months 24 Months 24 Months
Cap Charge $49 $59 $79 $99
Cap Value $500 $700 $850 4,000 minutes
Bonus Cap Value $500 $900 $2,000 N/A
Included Data Unlimited BIS
+500MB
Unlimited BIS
+750MB
Unlimited BIS
+1GB
Unlimited BES
+ 2GB
Mobile to Fixed
Flagfall $0.35 $0.35 $0.35 $0.00
Per Min $0.90 $0.90 $0.90 $0.13
Billing Increments 30 Sec 30 Sec 30 Sec 30 Sec
Mobile to Mobile
Flagfall $0.35 $0.35 $0.35 $0.00
Per Min $0.90 $0.90 $0.90 $0.13
Billing Increments 30 Sec 30 Sec 30 Sec 30 Sec
Messaging
SMS $0.25 $0.25 $0.25 $0.00
MMS $0.50 $0.50 $0.50 $0.00
SurePage Message $0.66 $0.66 $0.66 $0.66
Billing Increments Per Message Per Message Per Message Per Message
Voicemail
Flagfall $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Deposit per min $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Retrieval (Peak) per min $0.33 $0.33 $0.33 $0.33
Retrieval (OffPeak) per min $0.22 $0.22 $0.22 $0.22
Billing Increments 30 Sec 30 Sec 30 Sec 31 Sec
Surepage
Flagfall $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Surepage Diversion per min $0.22 $0.22 $0.22 $0.22
Billing Increments 30 Sec 30 Sec 30 Sec 31 Sec
Video Calls (National)
Flagfall $0.35 $0.35 $0.35 $0.35
Per min $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00
Billing Increment 30 sec 30 sec 30 sec 30 sec
Video Calls (International)
Flagfall $0.35 $0.35 $0.35 $0.35
Per min $1.50 $1.50 $1.50 $1.50
Billing Increment 30 sec 30 sec 30 sec 30 sec
Mobile Data
Rate per MB $1.47 $1.47 $1.47 $1.47

Pricing is inclusive of GST

What call types Included in the $49 plan included spend

  • Home (Voice) - National
  • Home (Voice) - Voicemail
  • Special Numbers 13, 1300, 1800
  • SMS - National
  • SMS - International
  • MMS - National
  • MMS - International

What call types Included in the $59, $79 and $99 plan included spend / minutes

  • Home (Voice) - National
  • Home (Voice) - Voicemail
  • Special Numbers 13, 1300, 1800

What Message types included in the $59 & $79 plan 6,000 messages / $99 unlimited messages

  • SMS - National
  • SMS - International
  • MMS - National
  • MMS - International

Note - once 6,000 messages exceeded messages are charged

What Call types included in the $99 International Value

  • Home (Voice) - International

What call types NOT Included in the $49, $59, $79 included spend

  • Home (Voice) - International
  • Video Call - National
  • Video Call - International
  • CSD (WAP, Data, Fax)
  • GPRS
  • Premium SMS
  • OptusZoo / MultiPortal Content
  • International Roaming
  • Premium 1900 numbers
  • Dir Assistance 1223, 1234
  • Dir Assistance 124YES
  • Diverted/Forwarded Calls
  • Surepage Calls
  • Surepage SMS