Hungary - Key Statistics, Regulatory and 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 to levels average for the EU region. As in many other markets the fixed-line sector market is shrinking due to the trend of fixed-to-mobile substation, with fixed-line operators looking to broadband Internet access and broadband-based services to boost revenue. This report provides an overview of Hungary’s telecoms and IT market in 2011, highlighting regulatory developments, major operators, fixed-line network infrastructure, and a variety of insightful statistics.

Key developments:

Telecoms tax raises HUF61 billion but cuts into operator profits and CAPEX; operators reporting lower revenue; new access regulations incorporate fibre and cable infrastructure sharing; National Media and Infocommunication Authority inaugurated to oversee telecoms sector; regulator market data to July 2011; operator data to June 2011.

Companies covered in the report include:

Magyar Telekom, Invitel, Antenna Hungaria and GTS-Datanet.

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
    • 4.1.4 Revised NFR
  • 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 (NP)
    • 4.3.5 Carrier selection (CS) and carrier preselection (CPS)
• 5. Fixed network operators in Hungary
  • 5.1 Market overview
  • 5.2 Magyar Telekom
    • 5.2.1 International expansion
  • 5.3 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
• 7. Wholesaling
  • 7.1 Overview
• 8. Related reports

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – July 2011
• Table 3 – Internet user statistics – June 2011
• Table 4 – Broadband statistics – June 2011
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – July 2011
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 7 – Magyar Telekom interconnection rates – 2006 - 2009
• Table 8 – VoIP and cable broadband voice channels – 2008 - 2011
• Table 9 – Fixed-voice market share by operator – July 2011
• Table 10 – Magyar Telekom Group financial data – 2008 - 2011
• Table 11 – Magyar Telekom residential, business and payphones in service – 2008 - 2011
• Table 12 – Invitel financial data – 2009 - 2011
• Table 13 – Invitel subscribers – 2010 - 2011
• Table 14 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2000 - 2012
• Table 15 – Total international Internet bandwidth – 2000 - 2012
• Table 16 – Cost of local loop unbundling and shared access – 2006 - 2009

• Chart 1 – Magyar Telekom Group financial data – 2008 – 2011
• Chart 2 – Invitel subscribers – 2010 – 2011

• 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 and carrier preselection overview