All Hungary articles – Page 4
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Network & Infrastructure
Deutsche Telekom teases LTE-M expansion
Austria apparently in LTE-M prep phase. Trials underway in Poland, Hungary.
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Operations
Magyar Telekom looks for lodgers in new HQ
Operator looking to mitigate overheads after opting to permanently shift to a hybrid working model. 5,500-strong workforce largely remote since spring, bar brief return. Sub-letting to partners on the cards. Wider Group-level philosophy changes take effect.
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Strategy & Change
BT moves house in Hungary
Group’s Better Workplace office revamp extends beyond UK. Hungarian shared services operations remain in expansion-mode.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Europe: Deutsche Telekom opens new data centres
Data centre inauguration in Romania and a banking break-up in Poland.
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Premium
Magyar Telekom debuts 5G after just-in-time auction
NatCo puts auction gains to quick use. 5G auctions plans topple in Europe due to COVID-19.
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Premium
Vodafone bags 5G spectrum; other OpCos have to wait
Hungarian business secures rights in three new bands. Digi plans legal action over ‘unfair’ 5G auction. 5G auction plans topple in Europe due to COVID-19.
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Public Affairs
Vodafone Hungary back in court for “special taxes”
VfH was knocked back by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CoJ) in relation to a long-running challenge against post-sovereign debt crisis “special taxes”.
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Premium
Deutsche Telekom continues campus network partnerships
More DT campus networks cropped up as NatCos continued to forge links with clients and academia.
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Public Affairs
Magyar Telekom fined for misleading advertising
Magyar Telekom was fined HUF 670m (€1.9m) by competition authority Gazdasági Versenyhivatal for misleading advertising.
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Public Affairs
T-Systems Hungary divestment leaves Magyar Telekom in hot water
Magyar Telekom confirmed it had received a request from the Central Bank of Hungary for additional information over an alleged delay in the disclosure of inside information, in relation to its failed divestment of T-Systems Hungary.
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Public Affairs
Magyar Telekom fined €1m for misleading speed data
Magyar Telekom was fined €1m by competition authority GVH for misinforming customers about the maximum speed provided by its network.
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Public Affairs
Read tries to whip up support for Huawei
CEO calls on Europe not to blindly follow USA. Read warns excluding Huawei will harm Europe much more than the USA. UK fudge to cap and firewall Huawei 5G kit; bans ZTE altogether. EU echoes UK, delegating ultimate decisions to member states.
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Premium
Deutsche Telekom NatCos hook up with academia on 5G campuses
Hungary trial moves to “real-world”. Technology universities in Austria, Czech Republic enlisted. DT partner Ericsson joins 5G-Industry Campus Europe consortium.
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Strategy & Change
Magyar Telekom offloads property portfolio
MT sold its Budapest headquarters as part of extended portfolio re-jig.
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Premium
4iG tables T-Systems Hungary acquisition plans
4iG pulled out of its planned acquisition of Magyar Telekom’s (MT) T-Systems Hungary (T-Sys HU) subsidiary.
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Public Affairs
Merkel, Ametsreiter give Huawei benefit of doubt
Political ructions after Chancellor appears to green-light Huawei involvement in 5G. Ametsreiter wants evidence-based approach to Huawei; describes current security debate as “thoroughly unprofessional”. Complications spread to Hungary.
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Premium
Vodafone in Europe: 5G auctions pushed back
Ongoing, multi-sided power play behind 5G rights conditions.
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Premium
Hungary latest to receive Vodafone TV service
Vodafone Hungary set to become the latest in a string of European OpCos to launch OTT TV service.
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Public Affairs
Huawei shadow lengthens on Deutsche Telekom’s home turf
Chancellor under pressure to take harder line on Chinese supplier. TDE faces risk of shutting down “unsafe” network components. Hungary, UK indicate willingness to ignore US calls for Huawei clampdown.
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Public Affairs
Magyar Telekom hits regulatory buffers as tariffs claimed to violate EU net neutrality rules
Magyar Telekom (MT) again hit regulatory buffers in connection with tariffs that are claimed to violate European Union (EU) net neutrality rules introduced in 2016 (Deutsche Telekomwatch, #56).