No-frills provider Fonic will launch a new prepaid price plan called “Fonic Smart” for smart-phone users on October 4th. The new price plan costs € 29.95 per month and includes 500 units for mobile phone calls and/or SMS within Germany as well as a mobile data flat rate tariff for surfing the web over the mobile network of Telefónica Germany (O2).

I want to introduce you to a somewhat unique pricing model of the German provider Drillisch. It is called Hellomobil Best4me and makes sure that you get the lowest rates for your calls, texting and mobile Internet access – retroactively.

Phone Guide Germany is taking a short summer break. We will be back at the end of August with new ideas and new rubrics.

Sure, you can watch the matches of the German football Bundesliga on TV: Telekom via IPTV (“Entertain”) and Sky via satellite and TV cable (“Welt” and Fußball Bundesliga”) are offering live broadcasts of all games of the Bundesliga. But what about when you are not at home or in a pub but in a parc or on the way instead? Here is a short overview of how to watch live streams of the German football Bundesliga on your mobile.

A new mobile network test by Stiftung Warentest shows: Overall voice quality in Germany is quite good even though there are still a few rural spots without phone coverage. But there are considerable differences between networks when it comes to mobile data transmission rates.

Simyo Sync is based on Funambol MediaHub and enables users to keep contacts and calendar on mobile phones, tablets, PCs and other devices in sync with a digital locker in the cloud. It backs up user data, allows easy access across multiple devices and complies with all European data privacy and security regulations.

O2 Germany is now offering an express top-up option to its prepaid customers. With the new top-up service, O2 prepaid customers are be able to top up their credit via direct debit or credit card no matter where they are.

Telefónica Germany (O2) will reduce the price for the iPhone 3G S drastically to sell off the older iPhone model before the new iPhone 5 will be launched – this could already happen in four weeks. As of tomorrow, the iPhone 3G S with 8 GB memory will cost just € 361.00 with or without plan at O2 shops.

The EU has limited prices for roaming calls and SMS (but not for mobile Internet access) across the EU. The EU Roaming regulation adopted in 2007 ensures that mobile phone subscribers pay affordable and transparent roaming prices when they are traveling across the EU.

This Monday, German no-frills provider Fonic will launch a call-through service called “Fonic Call Home”. This new call-through service offers Fonic customers to make phone calls from 15 selected countries to Germany for rates of € 0.09 (to home phones in Germany) or € 0.29 (to mobile phones) per minute. However, the Fonic customers cannot make these call-through phone by mobile phone – “Fonic Call Home” is only available at landline connections.