SIM-card for Austria - is it necessary?
Beforehand you should check whether a SIM card is at all useful. You are only here for a few weeks in Austria, you can use your German card almost in full.
- Since mid-2017 are within the EU Romaing charges abolished. You travel temporarily to other EU countries, surfing and calls you to the costs they would have in Germany.
- Is limited, however, by the so-called Fair-Use policy, which can be set by each provider differently. You should prevent, in the EU countries cheap mobile phone contracts and then to use them permanently in the home country.
- Possible a restriction of the foreign usage to a certain number of days per year, for example. How high the limit is, you need to contact your mobile service provider.
New SIM card in Austria necessary? (Image: Pixabay)
Mobile tariffs in Austria: opportunities and costs
You for a period of several months to Austria, you should have a mobile phone contract, hardly. The good news is that Most Austrian contracts are cheaper than in Germany.
- In Austria there are three major network operators: A1, T-Mobile and Three. All providers have a very good network coverage in the country.
- The appropriate Tariff for to find, it's best to use an Online comparison site such as rates.at. Here, you enter your monthly volume of Usage and then get the appropriate rates are displayed.
- In the filter list on the left you can choose whether you are looking for a Tariff with a contract or on a Prepaid Basis (prepaid card).
- Also the duration of the contract is likely to be relevant. Under "binding" select between the "2 years", "1 year" and "Without ties".
- The rates are comparatively cheap. 10 GB of data volume in Prepaid Form you get already for 10 Euro. Contracts with phone-Flat, SMS-Flat and 5 GB of LTE should begin under 15 Euro.
Mobile tariffs for Austria compare (Screenshot)
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