300 Mbps mobile internet on the 4G network of Telekom
As the first company in Hungary, from today Telekom switched over to 300 Mbps in Nyíregyháza
In light of the first experiences, further developments are expected
Meanwhile, Telekom’s 4G mobile internet service reached the 97 percent population coverage planned for this year, and the
number of users exceeded 800 thousand
For the first time in Hungary, on December 3, 2015 the
mobile internet service offering up to 300 Mbit/sec nominal download speed*
became available on Telekom’s network in Nyíregyháza, the first station of the
Digital Hungary programme. This is the fastest mobile Internet technology available in
Hungary today. The technology enabling this
transmission speed is LTE-Advanced, representing the next grade of 4G. The
Telekom 4G mobile internet service is currently available to 97 percent of the
population in Hungary. Telekom announced exactly one year ago that the
company started to test the technology of up to 300 Mbps at several Budapest
locations, and today the lightning fast mobile internet service was launched in
Nyíregyháza. Customers using the LTE-Advanced technology in areas covered by
the service can experience up to twice the data speed offered so far, using
appropriately enabled mobile devices and tariff packages.** Further network rollout
is planned in line with customer experience and feedback gained in Nyíregyháza. The advantages offered by the LTE-Advanced
technology are already available to Nyíregyháza residents holding of one the 15 types of smartphones from 6
manufacturers*** included in the Telekom portfolio, as well as using the
service provider’s Next M and Next XL smartphone, or Net&Roll M and
Net&Roll L mobile internet tariff packages as well as their Gold Partner
Card versions. Christopher Mattheisen,
Chief Executive Officer of Magyar Telekom said, „We are very pleased to have
been the first company in Hungary switching on the 300 Mbps technology, jointly
with our partner, Ericsson. We are especially glad that this progressive
service is made firstly available at the first station of Digital Hungary, to
the residents of Nyíregyháza. We are convinced that 4G mobile broadband –
already available to almost 97 percent of the population of Hungary – and its
next generation is one of the key factors of the digital development on
infrastructure side both in Europe and in Hungary. Our goal is to promote and
accelerate the introduction of new technologies and most sophisticated services
in Hungary, contributing this way to implementing the objectives of Digital
Hungary.” “In the frame of the Digital
Hungary program, developments of unparalleled scale are implemented in the
fields of digital community and economy, digital state as well as digital
skills. Consequently, until 2020 the number of electronic public services will
increase and with digital literacy becoming general, the individual life
quality of citizens improves – while expanding the scope of digital economy
will.