China Telecom Europe is planning on launching mobile phone services in other European countries, such as Great Britain, France and Germany. But the company told me today that it will launch own branded services in Germany not before 2013.

Nokia will launch its second Windows Phone Lumia 710 in Germany on January 11th or 12th. The smartphone will be available at shops of the three German carriers Telekom (T-Mobile), Vodafone and Telefónica Germany (O2), but it may take a while until they actually start offering the Windows Phone.

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N-TV Go! is the first provider in Germany offering a price as low as € 0.06 per minute for mobile phone calls to home phones and other mobiles in Germany. The new prepaid price plan is also a good choice for smartphone users since N-TV Go! does also offer a mobile data flat tariff option with 500 MB data volume for faster transfer speeds of up to 7.2 mbps (download) for € 7.99 over 30 days.

It will take another two weeks until the Samsung Galaxy Nexus will be available at Vodafone stores in Germany. The operator will start offering the Android 4.0 smartphone not sooner than mid-December, Vodafone itself told Areamobile today. Fortunately, Vodafone Germany also revealed the purchase prices for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

Nokia has presented its first Windows Phones called Lumia 800 and Lumia 710. In Germany, the Nokia Lumia 800 will be launched next Tuesday, November 15th. All four German operators Telekom (T-Mobile), Vodafone, E-Plus (Base) and Telefónica Germany (O2) have announced they will offer the Lumia 800 in their shops, Telekom is the premium partner of Nokia. Here is a short overview of things you should know when going to buy one of the Lumia Windows Phones of Nokia in Germany.

Since last Friday, the iPhone 4S is available in 29 countries. Comparing purchase prices, you will notice great differences. If you are traveling Europe and you are going to buy an iPhone 4S on your trip, you might want to buy it in Switzerland because this is where you will find the cheapest offers. Here is a short overview of iPhone 4S purchase prices in Europe.

The new Apple smart-phones iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 8GB haven been launched. Apple and carriers in Germany are already accepting orders for the new Apple smart-phones. Here is a short overview of German carriers marketing the iPhone 4S, the iPhone 4 8GB and the iPhone 3G S and the purchase prices they are asking for.

Telefónica Germany (O2) will launch new mobile data tariffs for tablet and laptop users. From now on, postpaid and prepaid customers will pay the same monthly fees and will get the same data transfer speeds. In addition to that, O2 slashes all long contract periods for postpaid customers. In the future, new customers can choose between a one-month oder 24-months minimum term commitment when booking one of the new O2 mobile data tariffs.

Amazon will launch its first tablet Kindle Fire on November 21st in the United States. Unfortunately, the Kindle Fire will not be available in Germany because here Amazon does not offer such a broad range of content services as in America. However, given that the Kinde Fire will be successful in the United States and Amazon will broaden its range of content services and apps in its German web store, the Amazon tablet will come to Germany eventually.