193 result(s) for telecom service
Hungarian Government Approves Raft Of New Taxes
- 10 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The cabinet has approved the financial transaction tax, telephone tax and unified insurance tax, while phasing out the crisis tax, as prescribed in the Széll Kálmán plan 2.0, Economy Minister György Matolcsy announced yesterday.
Hungarian PM Orban Stands By 98% Severance Pay Tax
- 9 May 2012 9:00 AM
- business
Prime Minister Viktor Orban supports keeping the 98% tax imposed on public-sector severance payments, he announced after a governing caucus meeting. In the new Szell Kalman plan, the government envisaged abolishing this tax. “I surrendered to the argument of the caucus. They said it is too early to withdraw this tax,” Orban told reporters at a joint press briefing with Economy Minister Gyorgy ...
New Tax To Hit Hungarian Telemarketing Firms Hard
- 9 May 2012 9:00 AM
- tech
Telemarketing firms, pollsters and call centre operators have the most to lose from the new telecoms tax, Napi Gazdasag writes. The companies were caught off guard by the government's plans to launch a Ft 2 per minute tax on telephone calls from July and have not factored this into their business plans, Livia Benko, head of the Direct Marketing Association told the business daily.
EU To Take Hungary To Court Over Telecoms Tax
- 22 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- tech
"The European Commission is expected to refer Hungary to the European Court of Justice on Thursday, as the country has failed to bring its telecoms tax into harmony with EU rules, according to reports. The European Commission in September urged Hungary to scrap the special tax on the telecommunications sector, introduced in 2010, arguing that it violated EU regulations.
Hungary's MTelekom Losses Worse Than Forecast
- 28 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
- tech
"Fourth-quarter losses at Magyar Telekom exceeded expectations, reaching Ft 40 billion, where analysts had forecast Ft 10 billion, the company announced on the stock exchange website. The figure contrasts with the Ft 7.5 billion profit of one year earlier.
Speech By Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán At The London School Of Economics
- 17 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Speech made on 10 November 2011 at LSE, UK: "Thank you very much and good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. My elaboration today is about Central Europe and its future in a wider context, may I say in a European context. Thank you for the invitation, because it is always a joy to explain Central Europe to the Westerners, which is not an easy job anyway. The difficulty of that kind of lecture is ...
Hungarian State Likely To Enter Mobile Market
- 3 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- tech
"Media and communications authority NMHH has excluded RCS & RDS, the company behind the brand name Digi, and Vietnamese telecom company Viettel from the 900MHz frequency tender. Only Magyar Telekom, Vodafone, Telenor and a consortium of state companies Magyar Posta, MVM and MFB Invest filed valid applications for future bidding, the NMHH said.
Hungarian Ft 15bn Set Aside For EU Presidency
- 27 Dec 2010 9:28 AM
- current affairs
"Hungary will spend Ft 15.5 billion, or about €56 million, on its EU presidency in the first half of 2011, far less than the €130 million that the Czech Republic spent during its term in the first half of 2009, Magyar Hírlap reports.
Digital Broadcasting Postponed In Hungary
- 23 Dec 2010 8:04 AM
- tech
"The government has decided to postpone the full digital switchover of Hungary’s television broadcasts by one year, to 2015, putting it in the same group as Romania and Bulgaria. Antenna Hungária will continue its analogue broadcast for one more year.
Hungarian Government Approves Raft Of New Taxes
- 10 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The cabinet has approved the financial transaction tax, telephone tax and unified insurance tax, while phasing out the crisis tax, as prescribed in the Széll Kálmán plan 2.0, Economy Minister György Matolcsy announced yesterday.
Hungarian PM Orban Stands By 98% Severance Pay Tax
- 9 May 2012 9:00 AM
- business
Prime Minister Viktor Orban supports keeping the 98% tax imposed on public-sector severance payments, he announced after a governing caucus meeting. In the new Szell Kalman plan, the government envisaged abolishing this tax. “I surrendered to the argument of the caucus. They said it is too early to withdraw this tax,” Orban told reporters at a joint press briefing with Economy Minister Gyorgy ...
New Tax To Hit Hungarian Telemarketing Firms Hard
- 9 May 2012 9:00 AM
- tech
Telemarketing firms, pollsters and call centre operators have the most to lose from the new telecoms tax, Napi Gazdasag writes. The companies were caught off guard by the government's plans to launch a Ft 2 per minute tax on telephone calls from July and have not factored this into their business plans, Livia Benko, head of the Direct Marketing Association told the business daily.
EU To Take Hungary To Court Over Telecoms Tax
- 22 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- tech
"The European Commission is expected to refer Hungary to the European Court of Justice on Thursday, as the country has failed to bring its telecoms tax into harmony with EU rules, according to reports. The European Commission in September urged Hungary to scrap the special tax on the telecommunications sector, introduced in 2010, arguing that it violated EU regulations.
Hungary's MTelekom Losses Worse Than Forecast
- 28 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
- tech
"Fourth-quarter losses at Magyar Telekom exceeded expectations, reaching Ft 40 billion, where analysts had forecast Ft 10 billion, the company announced on the stock exchange website. The figure contrasts with the Ft 7.5 billion profit of one year earlier.
Speech By Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán At The London School Of Economics
- 17 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Speech made on 10 November 2011 at LSE, UK: "Thank you very much and good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. My elaboration today is about Central Europe and its future in a wider context, may I say in a European context. Thank you for the invitation, because it is always a joy to explain Central Europe to the Westerners, which is not an easy job anyway. The difficulty of that kind of lecture is ...
Hungarian State Likely To Enter Mobile Market
- 3 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- tech
"Media and communications authority NMHH has excluded RCS & RDS, the company behind the brand name Digi, and Vietnamese telecom company Viettel from the 900MHz frequency tender. Only Magyar Telekom, Vodafone, Telenor and a consortium of state companies Magyar Posta, MVM and MFB Invest filed valid applications for future bidding, the NMHH said.
Hungarian Ft 15bn Set Aside For EU Presidency
- 27 Dec 2010 9:28 AM
- current affairs
"Hungary will spend Ft 15.5 billion, or about €56 million, on its EU presidency in the first half of 2011, far less than the €130 million that the Czech Republic spent during its term in the first half of 2009, Magyar Hírlap reports.
Digital Broadcasting Postponed In Hungary
- 23 Dec 2010 8:04 AM
- tech
"The government has decided to postpone the full digital switchover of Hungary’s television broadcasts by one year, to 2015, putting it in the same group as Romania and Bulgaria. Antenna Hungária will continue its analogue broadcast for one more year.