Liechtenstein

Basics
The Principality of Liechtenstein is one of Europe’s smaller countries nestled between Switzerland and Austria. It only measures 160 square kilometers. But it’s in a very special position: It is part of the EEA, so EU laws apply, but it is attached to the networks of Switzerland, where they don't.

Liechtenstein has 3 network operators: It has an excellent coverage on 2G and 3G. Liechtenstein Telecom is market leader in this country, but has no prepaid product. 4G/LTE has started with Orange and Liechtenstein Telecom, Swisscom is soon to follow. Frequency bands 800, 900, 1800, 2100 und 2600 Mhz were allocated.
 * Liechtenstein Telecom (formerly Mobilkom Liechtenstein)
 * Swisscom
 * Orange

Common market with Switzerland
The Liechtenstein mobile phone system is attached to Switzerland. This means that customers of all three providers can roam in Switzerland on Swiss networks without additional fees. This applies to data too.

Liechtenstein Telecom uses its partner network Orange for free roaming in Switzerland, Orange and Swisscom their respective Swiss home networks.

So you can buy any product of these three to be used in Switzerland without additional costs. Liechtenstein Telecom is not featured, as they don’t sell prepaid products, so go to Orange or Swisscom instead or buy the SIM card in Switzerland.

Vice versa you can buy Swiss prepaid SIM cards to be used without fees roaming in Liechtenstein. This applies to Swisscom and Orange Switzerland and their respective MVNOs, but not to Sunrise and its MVNOs. Sunrise doesn’t have a network infrastructure or a partner in Liechtenstein and charges for international roaming in this small country.

Looking for a prepaid card for Liechtenstein, refer to the Switzerland section and look for Swisscom and Orange or one of their MVNOs like Coop mobile, OK mobile or Lycamobile. Stay away from Sunrise, if you want to use it in Liechtenstein as well.

Member of the EEA
Though Liechtenstein is attached to the Swiss market, it is - unlike Switzerland – part of the EEA where EU roaming caps apply.

That’s why Swiss and Liechtenstein networks are still separate for fiscal reasons and can be billed very differently, even if they have the same name. This is especially true when you are on international roaming with a European SIM card in Liechtenstein. The EU/EEA roaming caps of e.g. 20c/MB plus tax for data apply only to Liechtenstein, while Switzerland can be treated very differently by some EU providers.