Well it’s no shock once we say that Optus is officially killing off its second MVNO brand, Gomo Mobile however what’s shocking is that as a substitute of transferring these clients to their foremost MVNO brand Amaysim, Gomo clients are being moved over to Catch Mobile brand.
We reported earlier this 12 months that Gomo cellular had stopped taking new clients from 1st June 2023 with anybody who had a SIM card however had but not activated it to accomplish that by 10 July 2023 and it was clear that Optus would have a look at ending the brand given the quantity two telco had introduced its greatest MVNO companion, Amaysim, in November 202 with the buy settling in February 2021, round the identical time it launched the Gomo brand.
On its web site, Gomo issued the following assertion:
Thanks for being with gomo over the years and a part of the Optus household. As we proceed to enhance our merchandise and search for new methods to present even larger worth, we’ve determined to say goodbye to gomo on 15 December 2023.
To be sure you keep linked with a terrific worth plan powered by the Optus community, now we have an unique first-month-free supply from our companion brand Catch Connect Mobile – solely obtainable to gomo clients. We’ve despatched you a Catch Connect SIM with the supply and directions on how to swap in the mail. If you haven’t obtained a SIM, contact us by way of the app or net chat and we’ll prepare for a SIM to be despatched out.
Gomo have a set of incessantly requested questions on its web site about the ending of the brand and the offers which might be provided by way of Catch Mobile, although it’s attention-grabbing that if in case you have a Gomo eSIM, you aren’t in a position to get a catch cellular eSIM purely as a result of Catch cellular doesn’t help eSIM’s at this stage and it’s unclear whether or not it will develop into an obtainable function in the future.
Should you want to not swap over to Catch Mobile, it is necessary that you just port out your quantity to one other supplier earlier than 15 December 2023, in any other case your service will be disconnected and you could unfastened your cellular quantity.
It’s unhappy to see one other MNVO brand depart or finish its service in the market however I suppose its not shocking on condition that Optus has already had the week from hell over the large community outage which did have an effect on not solely Optus however MVNO manufacturers that used the Optus 4G and 5G networks resembling Gomo and Amaysim simply to identify a pair.
Well now it’s positively time to say goodbye to Gomo cellular in Australia.