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You can make calls with a smartphone anywhere – at a café, in the park or at the airport. So why not go the whole hog and get rid of the landline connection at home? There are good reasons that keep Germans from doing that – the landline phone will always have a raft of more
Just about every meeting is scheduled in advance. Unfortunately, that’s not true of all phone calls. Most of us prefer to keep on calling the person we want to talk with until we get through. After all, even though around 26 million people in Germany feel it’s important to be able to be contacted at more
Is telephoning going out of fashion? According to the German Federal Network Agency, more than 17 billion hours of calls were made in 2010, while the figure for 2018 was almost 25 percent lower. Yet you should consciously reach for the phone when looking for a new job: An over-the-phone interview with the specialist or more
Year after year. the issue of radiation from mobile phones, smartphones and cordless phones never fails to hit the headlines. Right now, many people are asking how dangerous this radiation is, mainly in light of the current discussion about expansion of the 5G network. The very term “radiation” sounds dangerous, and some may even associate more
An average duration of about two milliseconds, a temperature of 30,000°C and an electric potential of some 100 million volts – lighting is an awe-inspiring phenomenon. There were a total of 446,000 lightning strikes in 2018 in Germany, most of them in Saarland. They can cause an electrical surge to shoot through wires and even more
The German Stiftung Warentest consumer organization has compared 22 cordless phones currently on the market: The Gigaset CL660A and Gigaset SL450A take first place for phones with a base station and answering machine. Both models impress with their versatility and practical functions. For older people, Stiftung Warentest recommends the Gigaset E560. Stiftung Warentest tested nine more
People are becoming more and more mobile, working flexibly, and also managing their life while on the move. 2018 was the first-ever year in which more calls were made by mobile phone than from landline connections. Yet life for many is unimaginable without the phone at home. And there are three prime reasons for that: more
The new Gigaset ContactsPush app makes it simple to transfer your smartphone contacts to the handsets of Gigaset IP phones at home. That’s practical, convenient and it saves time: Users always have the same contacts on all their devices, without having to type anything in. The revised ContactsPush app from Gigaset boasts many improvements in more
2019: Most Germans have a smartphone, while mobility and digitalization are on everyone’s lips. You would think good network coverage would be commonplace in Germany. But take a long train journey and you’ll discover that Germany isn’t as digitally advanced everywhere as you would have wished. Shortly after leaving the central station, you realize apps more