Flash report on landline services – September 2020

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Published: 20 November 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, September 2020

Category Number Note
Number of switched (PSTN) voice channels [No.] 196622 Number of voice channels within conventional, twisted copper wire networks
Number of VoIP voice channels [No.] 1574784 Number of voice channels within IP-based (e.g.: xDSL, leased line, Ethernet, ATM, fibre-optic) networks
Number of VoCATV voice channels [No.] 1097524 Number of voice channels within cable television networks
Total number of voice channels (est.) [No.] 3001000 Includes estimates of PSTN, VoIP and VoCATV voice channels for the total market.
Number of voice channels per 100 inhabitants [No.] 29.36 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% 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] 14467304 The duration of calls with carrier selection is also included.
Duration of IP-based calls placed [minute] 254119901 Includes the duration of calls placed within VoIP and VoCATV networks.
Duration of calls placed per voice channel [minute] 93.62 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.] 858657 Based on data obtained from the Central Reference Database since 1 January 2004.

Number of broadband Internet subscriptions, September 2020

Category Number Note
Number of xDSL subscriptions [No.] 608104 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.] 1313563 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.] 1263436 Number of cable modem subscriptions where the terminal equipment (modem) has been replaced.
Number of broadband subscriptions via FTTx [No.] 960117 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.] 3184000 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
September October November December January ('20) February March April May June July August September
Number of PSTN voice channels [No.] 239692 233686 228874 226207 225524 220350 218333 216477 214892 214744 200563 198527 196622
Number of VoIP voice channels [No.] 1606645 1602752 1600958 1598216 1595341 1594282 1593419 1591318 1585819 1582553 1578285 1576361 1574784
Number of VoCATV voice channels [No.] 1096818 1098039 1100180 1102528 1107408 1110626 1113815 1114264 1113791 1113339 1110772 1103300 1097524
Estimate for the entire market 3065633 3056594 3051943 3048754 3050131 3046991 3047471 3043811 3035940 3031913 3009938 3000224 2988469
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
September October November December January ('20) February March April May June July August September
30.12 30.03 29.99 29.95 29.97 29.94 29.94 29.91 29.83 29.79 29.57 29.48 29.36
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
September October November December January ('20) February March April May June July August September
Duration of IP-based calls placed [minute] 243330790 239380718 234990035 238210881 247045872 229247431 299643861 329179770 298737756 273224770 248400239 235411953 254119901
Duration of PSTN calls placed [minute] 19465949 18926620 19215984 19236885 18223175 16664013 19993912 20534167 18510014 16322619 14588012 13755130 14467304
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
September October November December January ('20) February March April May June July August September
89.3 88.0 86.8 88.0 90.6 84.1 109.3 119.7 108.9 99.5 91.0 86.5 93.6
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, September 2020

SP Share
Telekom 48.0%
DIGI group 21.9%
Vodafone 21.4%
Egyéb szolgáltatók 4.4%
Tarr 1.9%
PR-Telecom 1.5%
ViDaNet 0.7%
Parisat 0.2%
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
September October November December January ('20) February March April May June July August September
Number of xDSL lines [No.] 683752 675064 668043 662716 657841 653170 648958 645400 640576 634596 620812 614940 608104
Number of subscriptions via cable [No.] 1281852 1283031 1284560 1287426 1293935 1297066 1302209 1305084 1305805 1308376 1308543 1309117 1313563
Number of subscriptions via FTTx [No.] 817915 830862 843930 848116 864772 877831 889695 897674 906755 916420 928988 941739 960117
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
September October November December January ('20) February March April May June July August September
Proportion of high-speed (above 30 Mbit/s) Internet subscriptions 72.9% 73.5% 74.0% 74.2% 74.6% 75.0% 75.3% 75.5% 75.7% 76.0% 76.5% 76.8% 77.2%
Number of subscriptions via FTTx [No.] 817915 830862 843930 848116 864772 877831 889695 897674 906755 916420 928988 941739 960117
Number of broadband subscriptions via Docsis 3.0 [No.] 1211643 1219149 1224191 1228936 1237115 1242159 1248341 1252372 1252495 1256698 1257851 1258947 1263436
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, September 2020

SP Share
Telekom 38.4%
DIGI csoport 23.0%
Vodafone 21.4%
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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