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The Federal Republic of Germany is located
in Central Europe and is bordered by the countries of Denmark, Poland, the
Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the
Netherlands. Germany is known as one of the
world’s leading industrialized countries with the largest European economy and
the third largest world economy. Germany
is a top exporter around Europe and the world.
Premium Rates telephone service in Germany
is regulated by Bundesnetzagentur and requires the applicant to have a
reachable German address (which we provide).
Value-added service in Germany is strictly governed and there are laws
in place since 2003 to combat the misuse and abuse of these numbers. The regulations require the following:
- Forced price notices for providers of
Premium Rate Numbers in Germany
- Maximum price limits, legitimacy checks,
and automatic disconnects
- Registration and blocking of dialers
- Right of information for consumers from the
Bundesnetzagentur
On 4 March 2004 the German Federal Supreme
Court decided that fees for the usage of dialers do not have to be paid if it
was used without the user's knowledge. Also only the service provider himself
is able to collect the fees from callers unwilling to pay, not the carriers in
between. We provide a prepaid
collection service already included in every payout. This applies for both landline and mobile
service in Germany.
United Kingdom, Italy and the Netherlands. Germany is the largest trading partner of most European countries.
Germany has full portability on telephone numbers. Premium Rate Numbers have to be applied at "Bundesnetzagentur", the German Telecom Regulator. For an application the applicant has to have a reachable German address (which kwak is suppliying for its clients). On 15 August 2003 a new law came into effect called "Gesetz zur Bekämpfung des Missbrauchs von (0)190er/(0)900er Mehrwertdiensterufnummern" ("Law for the combat of misuse of (0)190/(0)900 value added service numbers").
The law contains the following regulations:
- Forced price notices for service providers
- Maximum price limits, legitimacy checks and automatic disconnects
- Registration of dialers
- Blocking of dialers
- Right of information for consumers from the Bundesnetzagentur
On 4 March 2004 the German Federal Supreme Court decided that fees for the usage of dialers do not have to be paid if it was used without the user's knowledge. Also only the service provider himself is able to collect the fees from callers unwilling to pay, not the carriers in between.
