Research and Markets: Hungary Telecommunications Report Q4 2011 Out Now

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ef17ae/hungary_telecommun) has announced the addition of the "Hungary Telecommunications Report Q4 2011" report to their offering.

The Q411 update to the Hungary telecoms market report contains new operator data from Telenor and Deutsche Telekom-owned T-Mobile, and Vodafone Hungary covering the period to the end of June 2011. In addition, the fixed-line and broadband sections of the report includes data covering fixed-voice, fixed and mobile broadband and pay-TV reported by Magyar Telekom, Liberty Global owned UPC and the regulator NHH covering the period until end-June 2011. As a result of this updated data, this report contains revisions to BMI's forecasts for the broadband sector, as well as the mobile segments. The report also contains an update to the monthly blended ARPU forecasts through to 2015 for all three operators.

In the previous update BMI reported that the government's announcement that the crisis tax impacting telecoms operators would be abolished after 2012 introduced certainty and therefore reduced the negative impact on the development of the market. Further, there has been little impact on the levels of investment by operators, reinforcing BMI's view that the tax had a limited impact on the development trajectory of the wider market. However, in financial terms it continues to affect operator performance. Magyar Telekom, as the incumbent and wealthiest operator, is expected to account for nearly half the additional HUF61bn between 2010 and 2012.

The Hungarian mobile market experienced a mixed H111, with declining subscriber numbers, but an improving subscriber mix. The market leader T-Mobile reported a subscriber loss of 431,000 in Q111, with the majority of the losses occurring in the postpaid segment. The higher value of the postpaid segment makes this particularly damaging for the operator. However, T-Mobile's parent company says in its results that the loss is related to a restating of figures and this time excludes business customers. This explains the postpaid losses.

Companies Mentioned:

• Magyar Telekom
• Invitel Holdings
• T-Mobile Hungary
• Telenor Hungary
• Vodafone Hungary

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