MessageBank®
With MessageBank, you can receive calls when your phone is unattended, busy, out of range or has a flat battery. You'll receive MessageBank Standard when you activate your Telstra mobile service. To set it up dial 101 and follow the voice prompts.

 
  Standard
Message storage 60 x 5 min messages
Saves unplayed messages 14 days
Saves played messages 7 days
Monthly access fee $0
Message retrieval rate If you are on a plan: 30c per 30 secs (or part thereof
If you are on pre-paid: please refer to the Critical Information Summary for pricing
Call forwarding No change

You can also use MessageBank while travelling, as you would in Australia. For detailed information download the Telstra International Roaming Pocket Guide (PDF, 357KB). MessageBank roaming rates apply.
 

Find out how to: 

Set up MessageBank on your mobile, change ring time before calls divert to MessageBank or cancel MessageBank, here.


Things you need to know

Standard carrier rates apply to retrieve messages from a phone other than the nominated service. The message retrieval rate for Telstra Pre-Paid services depends on the pre-paid offer. Please see the Critical Information Summary for pricing.