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wolfbln · 26-02-2015, 17:46

I think the best feature of this EU roaming pack has not even been fully understood yet.

For voice, it does not only include all incoming calls unlimited without a fee (which other providers do too).
For outgoing calls most "roaming packs" only include connections from the roaming country to the home country (like most roaming packs of Three, Vodafone and many more). But this pack includes all outgoing calls within the EU/EEA (incl. Switzerland) to landlines and mobile lines (except may be premium numbers). This applies to data and calls within or from Germany too, where you don't need to buy another pack, but of course are offered to do.
-> So a call from Athens to Dublin or from Lisbon to Warsaw is included in the package allowance too.
Liechtenstein is included too, even if not mentioned on their website - as confirmed to teltarif.de.

I think this is the first real pan-European roaming solution. I'm just checking this SIM to include it in my "European Union" section on the prepaid-data-sim-card WIKI. We focus on data there, but if you want voice too, it's even below the rates of Skype and the best monthly deal I know so far on prepaid.

There are some merchants on Ebay.de and Amazon.de selling the starter kit and sending it abroad. In Germany it's sold almost for free. Topping up is not a problem as Ortel accepts credit cards and PayPal which is not geo-restricted. Registration in Germany is made online ... and you know ... somewhat lax

Validity is a bit tricky: Some activity every 3 months and a top-up every 6 months plus 2 months of grace period. E-plus has a generally good choice of roaming partners within Europe, but no 4G/LTE abroad yet.

I only hope that Ortel mobile Germany which is attached to the E-plus Group will survive the restructuring process of Telefónica and we see more tariffs like this.

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wolfbln (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 206 Join Date: 14 Jul 2014 Country:	26-02-2015, 17:46 I think the best feature of this EU roaming pack has not even been fully understood yet. For voice, it does not only include all incoming calls unlimited without a fee (which other providers do too). For outgoing calls most "roaming packs" only include connections from the roaming country to the home country (like most roaming packs of Three, Vodafone and many more). But this pack includes all outgoing calls within the EU/EEA (incl. Switzerland) to landlines and mobile lines (except may be premium numbers). This applies to data and calls within or from Germany too, where you don't need to buy another pack, but of course are offered to do. -> So a call from Athens to Dublin or from Lisbon to Warsaw is included in the package allowance too. Liechtenstein is included too, even if not mentioned on their website - as confirmed to teltarif.de. I think this is the first real pan-European roaming solution. I'm just checking this SIM to include it in my "European Union" section on the prepaid-data-sim-card WIKI. We focus on data there, but if you want voice too, it's even below the rates of Skype and the best monthly deal I know so far on prepaid. There are some merchants on Ebay.de and Amazon.de selling the starter kit and sending it abroad. In Germany it's sold almost for free. Topping up is not a problem as Ortel accepts credit cards and PayPal which is not geo-restricted. Registration in Germany is made online ... and you know ... somewhat lax Validity is a bit tricky: Some activity every 3 months and a top-up every 6 months plus 2 months of grace period. E-plus has a generally good choice of roaming partners within Europe, but no 4G/LTE abroad yet. I only hope that Ortel mobile Germany which is attached to the E-plus Group will survive the restructuring process of Telefónica and we see more tariffs like this. Last edited by wolfbln; 26-02-2015 at 17:59..