One year after having launched the new O2o price plan which is available as prepaid or as postpaid version, the German network operator O2 Germany reduces the cost limit per month to EUR 50.00. This applies to all prepaid and postpaid as well as existing with an EUR 60.00 cost limit and new O2o subscriptions. O2 Germany calls this monthly cost cap “airbag”. It is the maximum charge O2o subscribers have to pay per month for calls and texting (SMS) within Germany which, in the end, makes the O2o price plan some kind of flat rate tariff. Charges for accessing the internet via GPRS or UMTS do not count, though.

Making mobile phone calls to home phones and other mobile phones in Germany costs O2o users EUR 0.15, sending text messages within Germany EUR 0.15 each. For using mobile data services customers with O2o price plan pay EUR 0.09 per minute or book a tariff option with 30 MB (EUR 5.00), 200 MB (EUR 10.00) or unlimited data traffic (EUR 25.00). For mobile phone calls to home phones in other countries such as Great Britain, France, Italy or the United States O2 Germany charges EUR 0.29 cents per minute.

New customers buying the O2o SIM card at the O2 Germany web store will receive a 15 percent discount on the maximum fee and charges for calls and text messages. Thus, the cost limit amounts to EUR 42.50 for these new subscribers.

Home Number Is Available for EUR 5.00 per Month

Now, O2o subscribers can also order an optional home number which usually is allocated only to landlines. This home number is available for EUR 5.00 per month plus EUR 15.00 for set-up. With this home number for the mobile phone connection, O2o subscribers can be called for lower costs by others than with a regular mobile phone number. People calling an O2o subscriber on his or her home number pay the same rate as for calling a regular landline as long as the O2o user stays within a radius of his or her home.

Customers may choose themselves for what address the home number will be allocated. Actually, this does not have to be the real home of the subscriber but can also be some other location the mobile phone user stay at a great amount of his or her time.

Overviews of current cell phone plans in Germany:
Prepaid Price Plans with Single Tariff for Mobile Phone Calls
Prepaid Price Plans with Community Tariff for Mobile Phone Calls
Prepaid Price Plans with Flat Rate Tariff for Mobile Phone Calls
Prepaid Price Plans for International Mobile Phone Calls