B-Free Easy Traveller

[bourbonkiller]

Great news from Austria, and since this tariff is too good to be true I am wondering if it has something to do with the recent closure of the UM +423 which used the Mobilkom LI / Mobilkom Austria networks.

Mobilkom Austria (A1) started with a new romaing tariff, even for prepaid cards that offer almost "International Roaming-SIM prices":

Original Text:
Für alle, die gerne länger telefonieren

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Der ideale Roaming-Tarif für Gespräche innerhalb der EU - inklusive Norwegen, Liechtenstein und Island.

• Um 25 Cent/Min. innerhalb der EU telefonieren
• Ein Preis, unabhängig vom gewählten Netz
• Kein Grundentgelt und ohne Bindungsfrist

here is the translation:
For all of you that like long phone calls
B.Free Easy Traveller
the ideal tariff for mobile calls within EU - including Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland

• 25 Cent/Min. for all networks within the EU
• one price, no matter which Network you have choosen
• no monthly fee and no period of commitment

outgoing calls
price within romaing country and to austria: 25 ct per minute
price within EU incl. Norway, LI and Iceland: 25 ct per minute
one time set up fee per call: 90 ct per minute

incoming calls
incoming calls within mentioned countries above: 0.00 Euro
setup fee incoming (for any 30 minutes - reoccuring): 90 ct

SMS
SMS to all countries mentioned above: 25 ct

I think this is a absolutely fabulous tariff for prepaid cards, beeing on a vodafone partner network with direct calls (no callback).

This can be activated on each and any A1 B.Free (prepaid) SIM card by texting "EASY" to 6648. You will get an confirmation SMS back. More informations about the tariff in german on the website:
A1.net - A1 Standard Login Seite

Greetings from Austria
BK

[andy]

With that 90 cent connection fee for both outgoing and incoming calls, it sounds broadly similar to Vodafone Passport, though it's certainly an improvement if it applies while on any network in those countries