So you’ve packed your bags, you’ve disconnected all your electrical items around the house, you’ve sent the kids to their grandparents – you’re all ready to go.. right?

Maybe you’ve missed our previous articles: My US cell phone work, will it work in Germany? or CDMA, TDMA, Germ-ANA. Or carry on for the answers you’ve been waiting for.

Should I Rent a GSM Cell Phone?
It’s a potential answer to your question, but then you get home before you know it, you’ve got to send it back, hope they don’t charge you for it being scratched, damaged or having been taken out of the US and it’s cost you more than paying for your own servant to commute back and forth with the messages between Germany and the US. You’ll also want to be careful that while you’ve rented a GSM phone you may still need to insert your SIM chip card from your US carrier. This can mean you’re then also paying international roaming charges.

Buy a GSM prepaid wireless phone in Germany that includes call time?
This is a verging possibility, lets hope you can speak German enough to understand the cell phone you buy, that is if you can find somewhere that sells them. Geradeaus..

If you already own a multi-band GSM cell phone that will work in Europe and North America, or plan to buy one, then your solution to a cell phone for Germany is here.

If you want to make sure you own a cell phone which will work in Germany, will have 1 flat rate for calls, has all the menus in American, and will be yours to own for life then Buy your European Cell phone solution now.

No really, I’m going up the mountains..
If you’re really going to be going to a remote area, or destination around Germany then you’ll lack reception with whatever cell phone you have. There’s always a solution. A satellite phone offers service in places where cell phones won’t work. Regardless of where you are in the World you’ll be able to stay in touch, or just contact relatives to gloat about being in the German mountains. Or even if you’re just camping in the far reaching hilly regions of Germany and want a way of keeping in-touch for an emergency.