The spread of internet-based telephony is catching on fast, as 280 million minutes of calls were initiated via mobile internet-enabled phones in February.

In comparison, this number was 50 million for landlines.

Hungarian telecoms companies had 2.7 million broadband internet subscribers at the end of February, including 1.15 million who access the internet via cable.

Magyar Telekom had 35.2% of the market, UPC 22% and Digi 16%.

At the end of 2009, some 60% of the 1.34 million internet subscribers surfed the web on fixed-line broadband internet. Cable and digital television was available in 3.5 million households, while 600,000 used antennas for terrestrial broadcasts.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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