International calls with T-Mobile DE?
 

Hello to everyone,

I've looked for the costs of international calls with T-mobile Germany but I couldn't find them on their website..I mean,calls from Germany to other countries not roaming calls. In particular calls to Italy..does anyone know something about the matter?..:cool:

It is very well hidden indeed.
On prepaid cards you pay 1.99 Euro/min to all destinations, on contracts mostly 79ct to Europe and 1,49 Euro to the rest of the world.

If you want to call cheaper i recommend to get a card from Blauworld, mobi, Solomo or other discounters with cheap international calls.

thanks..I need something cheaper, definitely.but I also definitely need some cheap data tariffs (let's say a sort of flat) and I've found something good with the Xtra data options of T-mobile..maybe I'll get two cards,one for calls and one for data traffic.

The discounter cards i mentioned have 9ct to EU landlines and 29ct to EU mobiles. Best might be solomo as they dont charge a connection fee to the calls. Solomo charges 24ct/MB for GPRS.

Chris

But apparently, and my German is not all that good, I went to solomo's web site to try to purchase a sim card and muddled by way through to the point where i entered my name and mailing address as well as cc number and under land (which I assume means country) there was a pull down menu which only had a few countries listed (Belgium, France, Czech Republic, Poland, Switzerland, Denmark all countries that adjoin Germany but no England, no USA, no Canada, no Australia....they have very good rates and it would be a good sim card to get.

Most providers here ship only inside germany. But you can contact the customer care by email - they usually respond very quickly. Be aware to buy the "Pro" card, not the 08/5 card. The 08/5 has cheap rates inside germany but the international calls and roaming is more expensive.

Chris

Thanks Chris...my other reluctance with them is that I am sure (not that they are under any obligation to do so) that voice mail prompts and other prompts will be in German a language alas I am totally unable to function in.

I guess so. But i never used anything on the solomo card that required a voice-prompt. You know that people here hate voice mail so its usually the first thing people deactivate when getting new SIM cards :)

Chris

Where can one find Solomo cards in Germany (preferably Munich)? I'm coming from the U.S. and I haven't been in Germany before (I have been elsewhere in the EU).

I would like to be able to buy one in a shop and get the whole thing taken care of in person (i.e. without having to log into a website to get the sim working).

they only sell online.

SUNSIM experience
 

Two things:

1. Last year I bought a SUNSIM (much like SOLOMO) card from USA shortly before I left and had it delivered to the (small) hotel where we were staying. Took a bit longer than I anticipated, but it did arrive and everything worked out fine.

2. One thing you might consider if you are going to be making multiple or long calls back to US is a T-Mobile NON-STOP card. 29 ecents for up to 2 hours to a landline. Now you can find services like ENJOYPREPAID and CLONCOM that have local numbers and rates of 5 US cents per min back to the US. Usually you can make a second or multiple calls WITHOUT HANGING UP. So, a call of > 5 minutes or longer (29 ecents + 25 US cents) would be cheaper than a 5 minute call with SOLOMO (9 * 5 = 45 ecents). This is MY plan.

Stan

Grr! :confused: And I take it 01051mobile is not accepting new customers? That leaves United Mobile (which sounds like a big pain in the rear, and a bit awkward) or one of the more expensive carriers using a prefix (such as T-Mobile).

Is it possible to have it shipped to a hotel? I know what dates I'll be in Munich, should I just order it X days ahead of time and let the hotel know?

May I ask how long it ended up taking? Did you just notify the hotel ahead of time and they held it for you?

That sounds good. Just so I'm clear, you're saying to buy a T-Mobile Non-Stop sim, pop it in the cell phone, and use that to call the landline number that EnjoyPrepaid/Cloncom give you? Sounds pretty reasonable. I'm guessing you can buy those T-Mobile sims readily in Munich?

I'll be in Austria first for 6 days and I plan to get an eety sim for that. Also, my phone is a Blackberry -- I don't have service now (I got it on ebay), but I was looking forward to Solomo's cheap data rate, though the voice options are first priority -- internet access would just be icing on the cake.

I BELIEVE I ordered the SIM on Tuesday and we arrived on Friday. No SIM Friday. No SIM Saturday. I think it arrived on the Monday. Now luckily, I had a SIMYO SIM (Germany) and a UM SIM. So we had something to work with - there were only two of us. Yes, I told the hotel owners. My wife is from Duesseldorf and we have been staying in the same small hotel, private owners, for years now.

Yes, that should do it with the T-Mobile NONSTOP card. I bought a card on Ebay Germany with 0 balance and had it shipped to me. I will have to change plans when I arrive or online shortly before we leave here.

Our German friends might want to weigh in on which they think is better, SOLOMO or my NONSTOP T-Mobile route. I think D1 900 offers better coverage vs the vistream 1800.

As I wrote, there is a breakeven point on a single call. If your outbound calls are going to be short and sweet and at different times, then solomo is probably the way to go. You have to overcome the 29 ecent initial charge. If, on the other hand, you can make long calls or multiple back-to-back calls, then the NONSTOP is the way to go. My wife has a cousin and since they don't talk much during the year, their calls are usually > an hour. Well, even the SUNSIM rate at 8 ecents per minute is still 4.80 euros. See why I am going to give my wife the NONSTOP SIM?

Stan

Local CLONCOM #s in Germany:

(40)2999-9111 Hamburg English
(30)2555-5111 Berlin English
(69)1200-9099 Frankfurt English
(711)299-9111 Stuttgart English
(89)1436-7111 Munich English
(221)988-8111 Cologne English
(211)368-7115 Dusseldorf English
(511)443-9111 Hanover English

Rate is 5.5 cents per minute. I think you can start with $10.

Local Enjoyprepaid #s

Germany Local Access Numbers
City (NDD+City Code)
Local Number Additional Rate
Per Minute
Berlin (0+30)72616-7062 $0.02
Berlin (0+30)2555-5111
Bremen (0+421)185-4111
Cologne (0+221)988-8111
Cologne (0+221)6501-0519 $0.02
Dortmund (0+231)550-3111
Dresden (0+351)445-2111
Dusseldorf (0+211)5407-3636 $0.02
Dusseldorf (0+211)368-7115
Essen (0+201)487-9111
Frankfurt (0+69)1200-9099
Frankfurt (0+69)58999-0566 $0.02
Hamburg (0+40)2999-9111
Hamburg (0+40)80902-0522 $0.02
Hanover (0+511)9361-2507 $0.02
Hanover (0+511)443-9111
Leipzig (0+341)499-9111
Munich (0+89)24443-2627 $0.02
Munich (0+89)1436-7111
Nurnberg (0+911)491-8111
Stuttgart (0+711)299-9111
Stuttgart (0+711)49081-3024 $0.02

Rate = 2.5 cents on Emarld plan (I have this plan)

Best initial signup/refill is $50, however. Otherwise they deduct $2 on a $20 signup.

see cloncom.com (cloncom connect)
they may have cheaper rates using other cards.
enjoyprepaid.com

ALSO, I would not recommend BOTH cards at the same time. I think they conflict as they are from the same provider, NOBLECOM.

Stan