Mobile Voice FAQs
Contents
Global Roaming
Information on our Global Roaming feature can be found here
Keeping your Existing Mobile Number (Porting)
Information on porting your number over to Exetel can be found here
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
What are the mobile phone settings required for a data connection (Optus)?
The method to input GPRS settings may vary by the manufacturer and the model of the phone. Usually the options to change the data connection settings are can be found at Settings -> Connection -> Network on your phone.
The details given below are for a typical example of a Nokia phone.
Connection Name - Optus (or anything)
Data Bearer - GPRS
Access point name - Internet
User Name - (none)
Password - (none)
Authentication - Normal
Note: If you are using an Apple iPhone the APN should be set as 'YesINTERNET'; For all SIMs for mobile services on the layer 3 service it should be 'INTERNET'. For more information on APNs, refer:Mobile and Mobile Broadband Email and APN Settings
Can I use a mobile voice plan with a broadband dongle?
No, you cannot use a mobile voice plan with a broadband dongle as the APN used is not a broadband APN.
Mobile Paging (SurePage)
What is Surepage?
A real person to take your calls
Optus SurePage is an alternative to Optus VoiceMail for those times when it is more appropriate for a real person to answer your mobile calls when you are unavailable.
Turning your phone into a pager
SurePage is extremely useful if you don’t have time to take a call or retrieve VoiceMail messages but have time to read a quick text message. So if you have your phone switched to silent, or you are in a meeting, you can read your messages as they come through, just like a pager.
A real person greets your callers
When you have Optus SurePage, a professional SurePage operator answers your mobile calls in your name or you company’s name, whichever you prefer. If your digital phone is in use, out of range, or switched off, callers to your number will be diverted to your SurePage operator to handle the call.
The operator takes a caller's message, which can be up to 160 characters long. This message is then sent to the screen of your phone. If your phone is not switched on, the message will be stored on the network, and attempted again when you are switched back on. Messages are kept for 7 days before being deleted.
How do I get SurePage?
You can request for SurePage to be setup on your phone, by registering for https://www.exetel.com.au/hspa/service_modify_vas_select.php
How do I use SurePage?
To use SurePage you need to activate SurePage on your mobile account. If you didn't request SurePage when you connected your mobile, you can do so via the Exetel member's facility https://www.exetel.com.au/hspa/service_modify_vas_select.php
After that, all you need to do is set your phone to divert to the SurePage service number (456). You can set diversions for when the phone is busy, out of range or turned off. You can also set all your calls to divert to SurePage, for example, if you are in a meeting.
Call Diversion on Mobile services
Call Diversion allows you to redirect inbound voice and data calls coming into your mobile service to another number in Australia or overseas.
How does Call Diversion work?
You may activate, change or cancel diversion settings directly through the menu of your mobile phone. Most handsets enable different diversions depending on the status of the phone – for example: all incoming calls, phone busy, phone off, phone out of range, phone unanswered.
Restrictions
A call can only divert twice before it will end in an engaged tone. For example:
Bob calls Jane's mobile number. Jane has her mobile phone diverted to Beth's mobile phone as she is in a meeting. Beth has her phone switched off, which is set to divert to Paul's mobile phone. When Paul does not answer he has a diversion set to VoiceMail. Result: If Paul does not answer his phone, Bob will hear an engaged tone.