Create Telstra APN Settings Using Globe/TM, Smart/TNT and Sun Cellular

This may not the usual case where you use other country’s APN settings on your mobile phone while you are using Philippines networks, e.g. Smart/TNT, Globe/TM and Sun Cellular.
Some pepaid subscribers were able to use Australia’s Telstra access point name to any of our local SIM cards along with a VPN app like HTTP Injector, Psiphon, Hammer and OpenVPN.

You might ask why Telstra APN works even if they don’t have cell towers and networks here. We can’t answer that question, but if you really want to try, do create a manual setting on your phone by following few steps.

Create Manual APN using Telstra Settings

Creating manual APN steps may differ depending on your mobile brand, but the options and naming are almost the same. Before following the procedure, make sure you know the purpose of using this APN and familiar with mobile network related setup to avoid connectivity issues.

To create new APN:

Android: Go to Settings – More - Mobile Networks - Access Point Names (APN) – Add new / +

iPhone / iOS: Go to Settings - General - Network, under Network, select Cellular Data Network - Add APN

Name	Telstra / Telstra Internet
APN	telstra.iph
APN type	Not set
Proxy	10.1.1.180 or 10.1.1.181
Port	80
Password	Not set
Server	Not set
MMSC	Not set
MMS Proxy	Not set
MMS Port	8080
MCC	515
MNC	02 for Globe/TM - 03 Smart/TNT - 05 Sun
Authentication Type	Not set
APN type	default,supl
APN Protocol	IPv4
APN enable/disable	IPv4
APN roaming Protocol	Check (APN enabled)
Bearer	Unspecified

Once done, set the newly created Telstra APN to default. Open any VPN you are using, turn on your mobile data and see if you can browse to the internet.

If above APN doesn’t work on your network, you can easily switch to previous settings to by going to Settings – More - Mobile Networks - Access Point Names then select the default APN for your network.