Fonic

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The Fonic GmbH (proper spelling FONIC ) was established on August 7, 2007 German mobile service provider headquartered in Munich , which marks the discount Fonic and Fonic Mobile offering. Fonic GmbH was merged with Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG on April 1, 2016, which means that after the main brand Fonic (since May 2015), Fonic Mobile is also used directly by Telefónica Germany . Fonic originally started out as a sales partner for Lidl .

history

Fonic - since May 2015 a brand of Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG

Fonic was the first mobile communications company to fall below the price limit of 10 cents per minute at 9.9 cents per minute in September 2007. From 2007 to 2012, choreographer and model Bruce Darnell was the face of the brand. Since 2012, Fonic has been promoting the “man who always tells the truth”. The Fonic brand by Fonic GmbH was sold online until April 2015 and through retail outlets across Germany at over 20,000 sales outlets - including Saturn , Mediamarkt , dm-drogerie markt , Real , Rossmann and Müller . Several web shops were integrated via the company's own website and took over sales.

In 2012, Fonic was one of the best-known German mobile phone discounters with 2.4 million customers at the time .

At the end of June 2015, Telefónica announced that all customers with the exception of Lidl Mobile customers will be migrated to Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG on July 1, 2015 and that Fonic will be retained as a brand. New customers have already been provided with contracts via Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG since May 2015.

Fonic Mobile - since April 2016 a brand of Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG

On July 13, 2010, Lidl started marketing tariffs under its own brand Lidl Mobile and at the same time removed Fonic from its range. However, the brand will continue to be provided and operated by Fonic GmbH. At the start the tariffs were largely identical to Fonic. There are now some differences in the tariff structure. At the end of September 2015, Lidl announced that its Lidl Mobile offer would be renamed Fonic Mobile from October 1, 2015 and that there would be a completely new offer under the Lidl Connect brand (in cooperation with Vodafone ). Since October 1st, SIM cards have only been available online at www.fonic-mobile.de, but customers still have the option of purchasing appropriate prepaid cards in Lidl branches.

At the end of March 2016, Fonic Mobile informed its customers via SMS that Fonic GmbH was being transferred to Telefónica Germany GmbH on April 1, 2016.

Fonic tariffs

For all tariffs, the customer pays a one-time fee of 9.95 euros for the SIM card. When activated, the customer receives, depending on the tariff selected when ordering, a one-time starting credit and an additional 25 euros if the previous number is brought with them. All tariffs can be canceled on a monthly basis and have no fixed contract period.

For calls or SMS to other European countries, 9 cents (landline), 22 cents (mobile network) and 7 cents (SMS) are always charged, regardless of the tariff.

Fonic Mobile tariffs

The Fonic Mobile tariffs have had the same tariff names since summer 2019, but are sometimes cheaper with the same conditions. For all tariffs, the customer pays a one-time fee of 9.95 euros for the SIM card. When activated, the customer receives, depending on the tariff selected when ordering, a one-time starting credit and an additional 25 euros if the previous number is brought with them. All tariffs can be canceled on a monthly basis and have no fixed contract period.

For calls or SMS to other European countries, 9 cents (landline), 22 cents (mobile network) and 7 cents (SMS) are always charged, regardless of the tariff.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.teltarif.de/lidl-mobile-fonic-markenname-verschwindet/news/61143.html
  2. ↑ Register portal . (No longer available online.) In: www.handelsregister.de. Formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 2, 2016 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.handelsregister.de  
  3. ↑ General terms and conditions of Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG for prepaid mobile services under the brand “Fonic” (as of May 2015). fonic.de, accessed on August 28, 2015 .
  4. ↑ O2 mixes with Fonic under the mobile phone discounter Heise Online, August 30, 2007.
  5. ↑ Katharina Hannen: Brand ranking of mobile phone providers: Vodafone with the best image value. wuv.de , July 6, 2012, accessed on August 28, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Henning Gajek: Changeover: Blau, Fonic and simyo customers change to Telefónica. teltarif.de , June 25, 2015, accessed on August 28, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Thorsten Neuhetzki: Lidl Mobile starts: crossing of Fonic and o2 o 40 - teltarif.de News. In: www.teltarif.de. Retrieved September 25, 2015 .
  8. ↑ FONIC - mobile phone tariffs, smartphone tariffs and mobile internet. In: www.fonic.de. September 17, 2019, accessed September 17, 2019 .
  9. ↑ FONIC mobile - cell phone tariffs, smartphone tariffs and mobile internet. In: www.fonic-mobile.de. September 17, 2019, accessed September 17, 2019 .