12-Month Apple Music Trial Being Offered By Telstra For Free

Meanwhile, various people have noted that the terms and conditions of that mobile package suggest that once the freebie trial is over, users can pay for Apple Music via their mobile bill.

Telstra customers will soon be able to access Apple’s new music streaming service for free.

Telstra’s Group MD of Media and Marketing, Joe Pollard said in a statement that: “Our customers are telling us they want superior content and we are delighted to be the only telco in Australia to offer a 12 month membership to Apple Music”. However, the service does not offer a free trial period to customers.

If you’ve already got an existing Apple Music subscription, you should cancel it before accepting the Telstra offer, or else you may find your iTunes account will keep getting charged by Apple.

However, there is one downside: While Apple Music will be free for a year, it will still count against your Telstra data allowance, so you’ll have to be careful about how much you listen to on the go. That means customers will see an AU$11.99 charge added to their bill each month, so they won’t need to set up payment with Apple separately.

Just over a month after the service debut, a number of carriers are offering Apple Music subscriptions with select contract plans.

Elsewhere in Apple going mobile news, Business Insider reports that the company is now in talks about possibly launching a so called “mobile virtual network operator” – so an Apple branded mobile network that piggy backs on other existing tel co platforms for signal – in Europe and the US.