Hungary - Key Statistics, Regulatory & Fixed Line Telecoms Overviews

Synopsis

Hungary was early to deregulate its telecoms market but interconnection and loop unbundling disputes delayed full and effective competition. Rigorous in promoting competition, the regulator has reduced interconnection and access tariffs. However the fixed-line sector market is shrinking due to fixed-to-mobile substations. Hungary boasts a healthy IT market, comprised of hardware and software production, as well as services including outsourcing and research and development (R&D). This report provides a concise overview of Hungary’s telecoms and IT market, highlighting regulatory developments, major operators, fixed-line network infrastructure, and a variety of insightful statistics.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Key statistics
  
• 3. Telecommunications market
  
  • 3.1 Overview of Hungary’s telecom market
    
• 4. Regulatory environment
  
  • 4.1 Background
    
    • 4.1.1 Unified Telecommunications Act 2001
      
    • 4.1.2 Electronic Communications Act 2003
      
    • 4.1.3 EU Regulatory Framework
      
  • 4.2 Regulatory authority
    
    • 4.2.1 Nemzeti Hírközlési Hatóság (NHH)
      
  • 4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Hungary
    
    • 4.3.1 Privatisation
      
    • 4.3.2 Interconnect
      
    • 4.3.3 Access
      
    • 4.3.4 Number Portability
      
    • 4.3.5 Carrier selection and carrier preselection
      
• 5. Fixed network operators in Hungary
  
  • 5.1 Market overview
    
  • 5.2 Magyar Telekom
    
    • 5.2.1 International expansion
      
  • 5.3 Hungarotel Co (HTCC) / Invitel
    
  • 5.4 Monor
    
  • 5.5 GTS-Datanet
    
  • 5.6 Antenna Hungária
    
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  
  • 6.1 National telecom network
    
    • 6.1.1 Magyar Telekom
      
    • 6.1.2 Alternative operators
      
  • 6.2 International infrastructure
    
  • 6.3 Telecoms & IT
    
    • 6.3.1 Overview
      
• 7. Wholesaling
  
  • 7.1 Overview
    
• 8. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2009
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2009
• Table 3 – Internet user statistics – 2009
• Table 4 – Broadband statistics – 2009
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – March 2009
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 7 – Magyar Telekom interconnection rates – 2006 - 2008
• Table 8 – Magyar Telekom – financial data – 2009
• Table 9 – Magyar Telekom residential, business & payphones in service – 2005 - 2008
• Table 10 – HTCC financial data – 2007 - 2008
• Table 11 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 - 1996; 1998 - 2009
• Table 12 – Total international Internet bandwidth – 2000 - 2008
• Table 13 – Workplace network usage by network type – 2004 - 2008
• Table 14 – Total IT hardware spending breakdown by hardware type – 2007
• Table 15 – Total IT software spending breakdown by software type – 2007
• Table 16 – Total IT hardware services spending – 2007
• Table 17 – Total IT software services spending – 2007
• Table 18 – Wholesale lines by type – January 2009
• Table 19 – Access agreements with Magyar Telekom by type – 2006 - 2008
• Table 20 – Cost of local loop unbundling and shared access – 2006 - 2008

• Exhibit 1 – The EU regulatory framework for communications
• Exhibit 2 – Access, the local loop and unbundling – an overview
• Exhibit 3 – Number portability defined
• Exhibit 4 – Carrier Selection (CS) and Carrier PreSelection (CPS) overview