Best mobile and internet providers revealed in WhistleOut Awards

Each year, WhistleOut Awards reviews and rates the best telco plans and products based on customer service data observed throughout the year in a program that’s been running since 2017.

This month, the winners for 2026 have been named and awarded with their ‘best of the best’ trophies and badges. With the cost of telco plans continuing to increase, the WhistleOut Awards are designed to help Aussies find great value plans that offer the best bang for buck.

Check out who came out on top for mobile and internet this year.

Powered by the Vodafone network, TPG has been crowned the Best Mobile Provider by WhistleOut for the fourth year running, and rightfully so.

The telco consistently offers great value to its customers through affordable plans and also takes home the more specific awards for Best Provider for International Calls and Best Prepaid Provider for Value Plans.

If you’re interested in switching telcos, check out TPG’s prepaid plans below:

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Other winners include SpinTel, for its Best SIM-Only Provider for Value Plans and Dodo, for Best SIM-Only Provider for Large Plans. Below are the SIM-Only plans to watch from SpinTel and Dodo:

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Felix mobile also took out a win for Best Prepaid Provider for Large Plans, check out its impressive Unlimited Mobile Plan below:

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And if you’re looking for the Best Plan for Kids, Yomojo is the way to go with its first-ever WhistleOut award win. Check out its affordably priced plans below, which are great for kids:

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After some positive success already in the mobile department, Dodo continues to kick goals as the overall Internet Provider of the Year at the WhistleOut Awards.

Its goal was simple; to offer its customers basic, affordable and reliable plans, and it hasn’t disappointed.

It is the provider’s second year in a row taking out the coveted title and it also won a stack of other awards, including Best Everyday NBN Provider, Best Fast NBN Provider, Best Superfast NBN Provider and Best Fixed Wireless NBN Provider.

Here are Dodo’s fixed wireless NBN plans, sorted by price:

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And below is Dodo’s Fixed Wireless plan option:

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Despite Dodo claiming the majority of internet provider WhistleOut awards this year, others worth mentioning include Activ8Me for its win as the Best Satellite NBN Provider, which impressively trumped Skymesh, last year’s winner. Check out Activ8me’s satellite NBN plan offerings below:

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For its third year in a row, Tangerine was awarded the Best Mobile Broadband Provider (High Use). Check out its plans below:

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Vodafone took out the title for Best Mobile Broadband Provider (Everyday Use). Here are its mobile broadband and recharge plans:

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TPG won two awards this year, for both Best 4G AND Best Capped 5G Home Internet Provider, check out TPG’s plans below:

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And finally, Optus gets a nod for being the Best Uncapped 5G Home Internet Provider for the second year in a row. Check out Optus’ plans below, complete with introductory discount offers:

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Christie Graham is Digital Content Editor at WhistleOut, Australia’s mobile and internet comparison site.