We recommend using prepaid SIM cards in your LiveTrack. In fact we supply the trackers pre-fitted with a SIM card from ALDI that operates on the Telstra mobile network. Although you can use SIM cards from other telcos we use the ALDI Telstra SIM card as it offers 12 month expiry on data usage and has great coverage Australia wide.
The APN to allow your tracker to send location data to your smartphone has also
already been set up for you.
The SIM card has $5 prepaid credit on it that will generally last at least 6 months but the SIM card needs to be activated for the tracker to work. Easy to follow instructions come with the tracker to allow you to activate your SIM card.
You can add credit to your SIM card at any time by simply logging on to your new ALDI account. Even with the most frequent location updates $15 credit should last a full year!
If you prefer to use an alternative SIM card such as Telstra mobile, Vodafone or Optus you can replace the pre-fitted SIM card with the SIM card of your choice. In these cases you may have to set up a new APN specific to the SIM card brand you are using and be aware that these telcos may charge you monthly fees as part of their data plans and this may be more expensive than the ALDI rate.
The APN for other providers are as follows:
Telstra: telstra.internet
Optus: yesinternet
Vodafone: live.vodafone.com
Aldi: mdata.net.au
To setup the APN send the following text message to the number linked to your tracker. The following example shows you how to setup the telstra APN on your tracker.
510#0000#telstra.internet
So the only ongoing cost is the data usage on your SIM card and, in the case of the pre-fitted ALDI SIM card, that will be only about $15 per year!