Flash report on landline services – July 2020

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Published: 21 September 2020

Data suppliers: Magyar Telekom Nyrt., Digi group: (Invitel Zrt., DIGI Kft.), Vodafone group: (UPC Magyarország Kft., Vodafone Magyarország Zrt.), PR-TELECOM Zrt., Tarr Kft., ViDaNet Zrt., PARISAT Kft.

Summary data of landline (fixed) voice services, July 2020

Category Number Note
Number of switched (PSTN) voice channels [No.] 200563 Number of voice channels within conventional, twisted copper wire networks
Number of VoIP voice channels [No.] 1578285 Number of voice channels within IP-based (e.g.: xDSL, leased line, Ethernet, ATM, fibre-optic) networks
Number of VoCATV voice channels [No.] 1110772 Number of voice channels within cable television networks
Total number of voice channels (est.) [No.] 3023000 Includes estimates of PSTN, VoIP and VoCATV voice channels for the total market.
Number of voice channels per 100 inhabitants [No.] 29.57 As per the latest figures made available by the Central Statistical Office (KSH), Hungary has a population of 9.771.000.
Telephone penetration rate of households [%] 64.50% Percentage refers to the number of voice channels versus number of households. According to the latest figures made available by the (KSH), the number of households is 4.021.000.
Duration of PSTN calls placed [minute] 14588012 The duration of calls with carrier selection is also included.
Duration of IP-based calls placed [minute] 248400239 Includes the duration of calls placed within VoIP and VoCATV networks.
Duration of calls placed per voice channel [minute] 91.0 Figure shows the total duration of calls placed in the period under review divided by the number of voice channels connected at the end of the period.
Number geographic numbers ported at the end of the month [No.] 837421 Based on data obtained from the Central Reference Database since 1 January 2004.

Number of broadband Internet subscriptions, July 2020

Category Number Note
Number of xDSL subscriptions [No.] 620812 Based on data obtained from the above-mentioned market leader data suppliers, covering almost 98% of all xDSL subscriptions.
Number of subscriptions for broadband via cable [No.] 1308543 Based on data obtained from the above-mentioned market leader cable providers, covering 82,8% of all cable modem subscriptions.
Of which: number of broadband subscriptions via Docsis 3.0 [No.] 1257851 Number of cable modem subscriptions where the terminal equipment (modem) has been replaced.
Number of broadband subscriptions via FTTx [No.] 928988 Based on data obtained from the above-mentioned service providers, covering 99% of all FTTx subscriptions.
Total number of fixed-access broadband subscriptions (est.) [No.] 3159000 Estimation pertaining to the total market. Includes estimates of xDSL, cable modem and FTTx subscriptions for the total market.

Number of connected voice channels

Monthly data in the last 12 month
July August September October November December January ('20) February March April May June July
Number of PSTN voice channels [No.] 247675 242918 239692 233686 228874 226207 225524 220350 218333 216477 214892 214744 200563
Number of VoIP voice channels [No.] 1609960 1608111 1606645 1602752 1600958 1598216 1595341 1594282 1593419 1591318 1585819 1582553 1578285
Number of VoCATV voice channels [No.] 1091509 1093902 1096818 1098039 1100180 1102528 1107408 1110626 1113815 1114264 1113791 1113339 1110772
Estimate for the entire market 3071872 3067483 3065633 3056594 3051943 3048754 3050131 3046991 3047471 3043811 3035940 3031913 3009938
Note: based on data obtained from the above-referenced service providers, covering 96% of the landline voice market. (number of connected voice channels/number of population)*100

Number of voice channels per 100 inhabitants

Monthly data in the last 12 month
July August September October November December January ('20) February March April May June July
30.18 30.14 30.12 30.03 29.99 29.95 29.97 29.94 29.94 29.91 29.83 29.79 29.57
Note: based on data obtained from the above-referenced service providers. covering 96% of the landline voice market.

Duration of calls placed (minutes)

Monthly data in the last 12 month
July August September October November December January ('20) February March April May June July
Duration of IP-based calls placed [minute] 237504391 226861635 243330790 239380718 234990035 238210881 247045872 229247431 299643861 329179770 298737756 273224770 248400239
Duration of PSTN calls placed [minute] 20458982 19064368 19465949 18926620 19215984 19236885 18223175 16664013 19993912 20534167 18510014 16322619 14588012
Note: based on data obtained from the above-referenced service providers, covering 96% of the landline voice market.

Duration of calls per voice channel (minutes)

Monthly data in the last 12 month
July August September October November December January ('20) February March April May June July
87,5 83,5 89,3 88,0 86,8 88,0 90,6 84,1 109,3 119,7 108,9 99,5 91,0
Note: based on data obtained from the above-referenced service providers, covering 96% of the landline voice market. (duration of calls placed / number of connected voice channels)

Distribution by service providers based on voice channels, July 2020

SP Share
Telekom 47.9%
DIGI csoport 21.8%
Vodafone 21.7%
Egyéb szolgáltatók 4.4%
Tarr 1.9%
PR-Telecom 1.5%
ViDaNet 0.7%
Parisat 0.1%
Note: The market shares were defined based on the total market's estimated values and technologically neutrally.

Number of fixed broadband Internet subscriptions

Monthly data in the last 12 month
July August September October November December January ('20) February March April May June July
Number of xDSL lines [No.] 697 892 690 069 683 752 675 064 668 043 662 716 657 841 653 170 648 958 645 400 640 576 634 596 620 812
Number of subscriptions via cable [No.] 1 276 086 1 278 337 1 281 852 1 283 031 1 284 560 1 287 426 1 293 935 1 297 066 1 302 209 1 305 084 1 305 805 1 308 376 1 308 543
Number of subscriptions via FTTx [No.] 795 830 804 215 817 915 830 862 843 930 848 116 864 772 877 831 889 695 897 674 906 755 916 420 928 988
Note: based on data obtained from the above-referenced service providers that cover 90% of the fixed broadband market. Other (i.e. wireless) broadband technologies are excluded.

Number of subscriptions via FTTx and Docsis 3.0 network

Monthly data in the last 12 month
July August September October November December January ('20) February March April May June July
Proportion of high-speed (above 30 Mbit/s) Internet subscriptions 72.2% 72.5% 72.9% 73.5% 74.0% 74.2% 74.6% 75.0% 75.3% 75.5% 75.7% 76.0% 76.5%
Number of subscriptions via FTTx [No.] 795 830 804 215 817 915 830 862 843 930 848 116 864 772 877 831 889 695 897 674 906 755 916 420 928 988
Number of broadband subscriptions via Docsis 3.0 [No.] 1 204 770 1 206 101 1 211 643 1 219 149 1 224 191 1 228 936 1 237 115 1 242 159 1 248 341 1 252 372 1 252 495 1 256 698 1 257 851
A Magyar Telekom Nyrt.. a Digi csoport: (Invitel Zrt.. DIGI Kft.). a Vodafone csoport (UPC Magyarország Kft.. Vodafone Magyarország Zrt.). a PR-TELECOM Zrt.. a Tarr Kft.. a ViDaNet Zrt. és a PARISAT Kft. adatai alapján. Ezek a szolgáltatók lefedik a vezetékes szélessávű internet-piac 90%-át.

Distribution by service providers based on fixed broadband internet subscriptions, July 2020

SP Share
Telekom 38.2%
DIGI csoport 23.1%
Vodafone 21.5%
Egyéb szolgáltatók 9.9%
Tarr 3.0%
ViDaNet 2.3%
PR-Telecom 1.6%
Parisat 0.5%
Note: The market shares were defined based on the total market's estimated values and technologically neutrally.

Definition of terms used in the report:

Number of switched (PSTN) voice channels

The number of connections suitable for voice transmission at the end of the examined period, linking subscriber access points with remote subsrciber stages or local exchanges (including lines established by means of radio equipment and copper wire cables and the number of B Channel-specific ISDN main lines, but excluding connections established as part of a location-independent electronic telecommunication service, mobile telephone services, as well as voice transmission via CATV and IP-based networks). Lines used for public payphones are also considered voice channels. [number]

Number of VoIP voice channels

Number of voice channels implemented on broadband (e.g.: xDSL, leased line, Ethernet, ATM, fibre-optic) networks. Subscriptions using IP-based networks and possessing geographic numbers as per the Hungarian Plan for National Identifiers should be considered. [number]

Number of VoCATV voice channels

Number of voice channels implemented on networks with coaxial subscriber endpoints (cable television networks). [number]

Total number of connected voice channels

Aggregate number of PSTN, VoIP, and VoCATV voice channels. [number]

Duration of IP-based calls placed

Overall duration of calls placed by subscribers using the service provider's IP technologies (VoIP, VoCATV) in a given month [minutes]

Duration of PSTN calls placed

Overall duration of calls placed by subscribers of the service provider in the given month. Traffic generated with carrier selection is also shown here. [minute]

Number of residential voice channels

Based on service provider records, the number of voice channels where the subscriber is a natural person. [number]

Number of customers using carrier selection

Number of active customers making use of carrier preselection and call by call carrier selection. Customers who have used some type of carrier selection minimum once in the given month are to be considered as active ones. [number]

xDSL

Technology applied on local loops, making metallic twisted wire pairs constructed as part of the traditional fixed telephone network suitable for high-speed digital data transmission. Regarding operators’ offers, xDSL practically means ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Suscriber Line), and VDSL (Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line). [number]

Cable modem

A modem, connected to networks with coaxial subscriber endpoints (coaxial HFC networks), which is able to send and receive digital signals within the CATV network. [number]

Number of broadband Internet subscriptions via Docsis 3.0

The number of subscribers in CATV networks operating under the Docsis 3.0 standard. Refers to the number of subscribers where the replacement of terminal equipment (modem) has taken place. [number]

Number of broadband Internet subscriptions via FTTx

Refers to the number of subscriptions for broadband via FTTH and FTTB. [number]

Number of broadband Internet subscriptions via FTTH

Refers to the number of subscriptions where fibre reaches actual subscriber premises (home/office). [number]

Number of broadband Internet subscriptions via FTTB

Refers to the number of subscriptions where fibre reaches the building of the subscriber, inside the building to the subscriber premises (home/office) copper cable forming a structured network. [number]

Geographic numbers

Subscriber numbers used for landline telephone services. [number]

Estimate for the entire market

Is based on expert estimation that refers to the National Media and Infocommunications Authority's other data collections and market research information concerning the market as a whole. [number]

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