Talk:Germany/@comment-31.18.213.222-20160927094410/@comment-24682153-20160927105059

Hi, welcome to Germany. Normally, we focus on data here. But I want to give you some hints. For your needs the foreign calls to Namibia make the biggest difference in price as these rates are not regulated here. So you should make their rate the main criteria which provider to choose.

The usual operators Telekom, Vodafone and O2 are very overpriced what calls to overseas are concerned around 2€/min. This is where so-called "ethno providers" step in. Here a short list: Lebara charges 9c/min to landlines in Namibia, 29c/min to mobiles. Lycamobile charges 9c/min and 25c/min (or 19 ct/min if you text 'SPAR' to 2525 before). Ortel charges 19c/min for all calls to Namibia and finally Blauworld 9c/min and 19c/min. On all providers, there is a 15c connection fee per call on top.

Domestic rates don't differ so much between providers and the available data packages you can see in the article above. You should think of routing some of your Namibia calls through VoIP and use Skype, WhatsApp or other apps/software, if possible to get an even lower rate. But then you might need more data.