Telekom Expands 5G Service Area in Hungary

By the end of August, Magyar Telekom’s service achieved another milestone by switching on dozens of new stations, and thus, the commercial service, offering gigabit download speed is already available in 23 settlements, a press release by the company says.

On April 9, Magyar Telekom launched their commercial 5G service, which can be used with a 5G capable device and a suitable monthly fee based package, in areas covered. Now, the coverage area includes certain parts of Budapest, Budaörs, Zalaegerszeg, Debrecen, Kecskemét, Szeged and Szombathely, plus certain locations of 16 settlements around Lake Balaton.

As Magyar Telekom CEO Tibor Rékasi pointed out, “at Magyar Telekom, we have been working for years on contributing to the digital development of Hungary, making our customers' everyday life easier, more limitless through our devices and services. Our giga strong network provides a sound basis for that, and we have reached a new milestone in its development. We are proud that our gigabit bandwidth network is available at 2.2 million points – that is for 40% of homes and businesses in Hungary, and that gigabit speed is also available in our 5G service.”