Snoog Mobile is offering a prepaid price plan with low rates for mobile phone calls and SMS as well as free instant messaging with the ICQ client for free within Germany. Instant messaging is only free of charge with a compatible Nokia or Sony Ericsson cell phone, with the ICQ client installed on the mobile phone and when using the APN “wap.vodafone.de”. With other phones, other clients or other internet access settings users of the Snoog Mobile SIM card pay EUR 0.29 per megabyte for instant messaging or for using any other mobile data services over the network of operator Vodafone.

For mobile phone calls to home phones or other mobiles or for checking voice mail in Germany Snoog Mobile charges its customers EUR 0.09 per minute, for sending SMS EUR 0.09 per message. International calls from Germany to other countries are rather expensive with the Snoog Mobile tariff, prices range between EUR 0.69 and 1.94 per minute. The prepaid starter package of Snoog Mobile includes a SIM card and calling credit of EUR 5.00 and is available at www.snoogmobile.com for EUR 9.99.

Snoog Mobile is a quasi prepaid price plan that requires a minimum turnover. Subscribers need to make a phone call at least every three months and top up new calling credit at least every six months, othwerwise Snoog Mobile will cancel the prepaid contract. New customers must have a German residence and a German banking account to order the Snoog Mobile prepaid starter package. New calling credit will be payed by direct debit.

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

Talking Prepaid:
The Difference Between Prepaid and Quasi-Prepaid
Prepaid Price Plans Requiring a Minimum Turnover