German TV station Sat.1 is marketing a 3G web stick and different prepaid mobile data tariffs for accessing the internet over the German Vodafone network. The prepaid starter package including the UMTS surf stick Huawei E160E, a SIM card and credit of € 10.00 is available at the Sat.1 web store at www.sticksat1.de for a purchase price of € 29.95. The SIM card for the Vodafone network with a starting balance of € 10.00, but without the web stick costs € 14.95. After having connected to the internet and opened the web browser of their laptop or netbook, users can choose on a starting page between four different prepaid mobile data plans.

German coffee house chain Tchibo is launching a new mobile data flat rate tariff. The new tariff for accessing the internet over the O2 Germany network is called “Internet-Flatrate L”, costs € 9.95 per month and includes 500 MB data volume for faster data transfers via EDGE, UMTS or HSPA. Once this limit has been reached, the subscriber gets only GPRS speed for the remaining days of that month. New subscribers also buying the UMTS surf stick of Tchibo (with SIM lock) for € 19.95 can use the “Internet-Flatrate L” the first month for free.

Soccer fans traveling to South Africa for watching the games of the 2010 FIFA World Cup should leave the SIM cards of their regular mobile phone provider at home - because of high roaming charges for outgoing and incoming calls as well as for mobile data services. At teltarif.de we have found out: Subscribers of a cell phone plan of one of the German operators Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, E-Plus or Germany pay as much as € 2.55 per minute when calling their family back at home from South Africa. For incoming calls in South Africa German operators charge up to € 2.00 per minute. A less expensive way to keep in touch with family and friends at home while visiting South Africa during the 2010 FIFA World Cup from June, 11th to July, 11th is to buy a prepaid SIM card of a South African provider.

This is an overview of prepaid packages including an UMTS surf stick, a SIM card and a mobile data tariff that are available for notebook and netbook users in Germany. Subscribers can choose between different offers in the networks of Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile), Vodafone, E-Plus, and O2 Germany and between different pricing models, e.g. per day or per month.

This is an overview of mobile data price plans on a prepaid basis that are available for mobile phone or smartphone users in Germany. Subscribers can choose between different offers in the networks of Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile), Vodafone, E-Plus, and O2 Germany and between different pricing models (per megabyte, per day or per month). Prepaid starter packages include a SIM card for voice and mobile data services and sometimes include a small amount of credit for calls, text messages and/or mobile access to the internet.

German operator Vodafone has launched a new prepaid price plan called “Callya OpenEnd Internet” that offers flat rate tariffs for mobile phone calls, for text messaging (SMS) and for accessing the internet via GPRS or UMTS. Mobile phone calls to landlines and to other Vodafone cell phones in Germany can be made for EUR 0.29 per call. Users of the prepaid SIM card can also send up to 100 text messages for EUR 0.29 per day. And for accessing the internet over the German Vodafone network (APN “wap.vodafone.de” or “web.vodafone.de”) users pay EUR 0.99 per day. As long as the subscribers to the prepaid price plan do not make phone calls, send text massages or access the web via GPRS or UMTS, they don’t have to pay for these services. However, there is a monthly charge of EUR 2.49 for these flat rate tariff options of “CallYa OpenEnd Internet”.

German network operator O2 Germany has launched a new prepaid price plan that offers mobile phone calls, text messages or mobile internet access for free. In return, subscribers to this prepaid price plan under the brand Netzclub will receive up to 30 advertising messages per month on their phone and will have to answer at least once by text message or click on one advertising link. However, there is no obligation for Netzclub subscribers to buy or order anything. Competitor E-Plus is also offering credit to customers who agree to receive advertisement messages on their cell phone under the Gettings brand.

Discount provider Simsay has launched a new mobile phone price plan called “Global Card” for low-rate international calls from Germany to other countries. Initially, customers can make international calls to landlines in Poland, Russia and the Ukraine for EUR 0.029 per minute or to landlines in China, Vietnam, Pakistan and India for EUR 0.049 per minute. Mobile phone calls from Germany to home phones in Nigeria and Ghana cost EUR 0.079 per minute with the Simsay “Global Card” price plan. However, these low rates for international mobile phone calls are only valid until July 31st. And: There is an additional connection fee of – depending on the country – EUR 0.15 or EUR 0.19 per international call. Simsay uses the network of operator E-Plus.

Several German mobile phone providers have released information about their mobile data tariffs dedicated to the iPad which will hit Apple stores in Germany on May 28th. Only some of these prepaid price plans of discount providers we have already presented as well as the offers of the network operators Vodafone and O2 Germany. Here is a new overview of all micro SIM packages with mobile data tariffs for connecting the iPad to the internet in Germany via GPRS or UMTS. This selection only includes prepaid price plans and postpaid price plans with a short minimum term commitment of just one month.

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.