Magyar Telekom, originally known as Magyar Távközlési Vállalat (Hungarian Telecommunications Enterprise), was established in December 1989 following the division of Magyar Posta (Hungarian Post). The company was restructured as a public limited company, Magyar Távközlési Rt., at the end of 1991. The Telecommunications Act of 1993 made it possible for the company to be privatised, leading to the formation of a consortium between Deutsche Telekom and Ameritech, known as MagyarCom. This consortium purchased a 30.1% share in the company for US$875 million. The company underwent a name change to Matáv (Magyar Távközlési Rt. – Hungarian Telecommunications PLC) and remained under this name until 6 May 2005. Deutsche Telekom became the majority owner of the company in 2000, acquiring SBC's 50% stake in MagyarCom, resulting in Deutsche Telekom's ownership in Matáv increasing to 59.52%. The company was rebranded as Magyar Telekom on 6 May 2005. It is a leading telecommunications service provider in Hungary, offering a wide range of services including landline and mobile phone, data transfer and non-voice based, as well as IT and system integration services. Magyar Telekom is a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom and is the 100% owner of Telekom Regszerintegració Zrt., and the majority owner of Makedonski Telekom, the leading integrated service provider in North Macedonia.
Alias
Magyar Telekom Tavkozlesi Nyrt
Country
Hungary
Type
Mobile Network Operator
Ownership
Deutsche Telekom Group
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3G Network

In May 2006 the company launched 3G UMTS services over the B1 (2100 MHz) band. The network was upgraded to HSPA+ in May 2011 and DC-HSPA+ in September 2011.

Network Frequency Band Status
B1 (2100 MHz)
Active
Date Event Subtype
Launch of 3G Network
Launch

4G Network

Telekom launched 4G LTE services over B3 (1800 MHz) on New Years Day January 2012. October 2014 saw the introduction of B7 (2600 MHz) and B20 (800 MHz) carriers. LTE-Advanced was introduced in December 2015 providing a 300 Mbps network using 2C aggregation of Band 3 and Band 7. A Category 9 450 Mbps 4G+ network was launched November 2016 with 3C aggregation of CA_3A-7A-20A, with the additional 10 MHz of B20 (800 MHz) provided under an infrastructure sharing arrangement with Telenor.

November 2016 also saw an LTE-A Pro trial conducted between Magyar Telekom and Ericsson which achieved 1.2 Gbps using 3C aggregation along with 4X4 MIMO and 256QAM.

4G Frequency Bands
Network Frequency Band Max. Channel Bandwidth Status
B3 (1800 MHz)
20
Active
B7 (2600 MHz)
20
Active
B20 (800 MHz)
10
Active
Date Event Subtype
Launch of 4G Network
Launch

5G Network

In partnership with Ericsson the company conducted a successful 5G trial in October 2017, achieving 22 Gbps using 800 MHz of bandwidth in the 15 GHz band. In July 2018, Telekom was the first in Hungary to demonstrate a 5G network running under real-life conditions in its former headquarters building at Krisztina körút. The test network ran on 5G equipment not yet standardized or launched commercially at the time, and used the 3.7 GHz frequency band.

The company launched Hungary’s first 5G test station at Zalaegerszeg in January 2019 providing a gigabit network over the n77 (3700 MHz) band.

The network was commerically launched in April 2020 using mid-band 3.5 GHz n78, later expanded with low-band n28 (700 MHz) services in November 2021. A 5G DSS n1 (2100 MHz) service is also provided.

Network Frequency Band Max. Channel Bandwidth Status
n78 (3500 MHz)
100
Active
n28 (700 MHz)
10
Active
n1 (2100 MHz)
20
Active
Date Event Subtype
Launch of 5G Network
Launch