Flash report on landline services – February 2021

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Published: 26 April 2021

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, February 2021

Category Number Note
Number of switched (PSTN) voice channels [No.] 185155 Number of voice channels within conventional, twisted copper wire networks
Number of VoIP voice channels [No.] 1567077 Number of voice channels within IP-based (e.g.: xDSL, leased line, Ethernet, ATM, fibre-optic) networks
Number of VoCATV voice channels [No.] 1058263 Number of voice channels within cable television networks
Total number of voice channels (est.) [No.] 2946000 Includes estimates of PSTN, VoIP and VoCATV voice channels for the total market.
Number of voice channels per 100 inhabitants [No.] 28.76 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 [%] 62.86% 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] 14078106 The duration of calls with carrier selection is also included.
Duration of IP-based calls placed [minute] 255375359 Includes the duration of calls placed within VoIP and VoCATV networks.
Duration of calls placed per voice channel [minute] 95.9 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.] 852141 Based on data obtained from the Central Reference Database since 1 January 2004.

Number of broadband Internet subscriptions, February 2021

Category Number Note
Number of xDSL subscriptions [No.] 576104 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.] 1316302 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.] 1272061 Number of cable modem subscriptions where the terminal equipment (modem) has been replaced.
Number of broadband subscriptions via FTTx [No.] 1030072 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.] 3232000 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
February March April May June July August September October November December January ('20) February
Number of PSTN voice channels [No.] 220350 218333 216477 214892 214744 200563 198527 196622 194400 191177 189158 187361 185155
Number of VoIP voice channels [No.] 1594282 1593419 1591318 1585819 1582553 1578285 1576361 1574784 1572311 1568299 1570593 1568346 1567077
Number of VoCATV voice channels [No.] 1110626 1113815 1114264 1113791 1113339 1110772 1103300 1097524 1091386 1086521 1073960 1066943 1058263
Estimate for the entire market 3046991 3047471 3043811 3035940 3031913 3009938 3000224 2988469 2977184 2964580 2951782 2940265 2927599
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
February March April May June July August September October November December January ('20) February
29.94 29.94 29.91 29.83 29.79 29.57 29.48 29.36 29.25 29.13 29.00 28.89 28.76
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
February March April May June July August September October November December January ('20) February
Duration of IP-based calls placed [minute] 229247431 299643861 329179770 298737756 273224770 248400239 235411953 254119901 266750000 295650242 296713719 280425840 255375359
Duration of PSTN calls placed [minute] 16664013 19993912 20534167 18510014 16322619 14588012 13755130 14467304 14976247 16161950 16032344 15478234 14078106
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
February March April May June July August September October November December January ('20) February
84.1 109.3 119.7 108.9 99.5 91.0 86.5 93.6 98.6 109.6 110.4 104.8 95.9
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, February 2021

SP Share
Telekom 48.5%
DIGI group 22.0%
Vodafone 20.7%
Tarr 2.0%
PR-Telecom 1.3%
ViDaNet 0.7%
Parisat 0.2%
Other service providers 4.6%
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
February March April May June July August September October November December January ('20) February
Number of xDSL lines [No.] 653170 648958 645400 640576 634596 620812 614940 608104 601135 595231 589896 583497 576104
Number of subscriptions via cable [No.] 1297066 1302209 1305084 1305805 1308376 1308543 1309117 1313563 1316302 1320197 1316540 1317359 1316302
Number of subscriptions via FTTx [No.] 877831 889695 897674 906755 916420 928988 941739 960117 975669 985789 993890 1016446 1030072
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
February March April May June July August September October November December January ('20) February
Proportion of high-speed (above 30 Mbit/s) Internet subscriptions 75.0% 75.3% 75.5% 75.7% 76.0% 76.5% 76.8% 77.2% 77.5% 77.8% 78.1% 78.4% 78.8%
Number of subscriptions via FTTx [No.] 877 831 889 695 897 674 906 755 916 420 928 988 941 739 960 117 975 669 985 789 993 890 1 016 446 1 030 072
Number of broadband subscriptions via Docsis 3.0 [No.] 1 242 159 1 248 341 1 252 372 1 252 495 1 256 698 1 257 851 1 258 947 1 263 436 1 266 777 1 272 012 1 270 176 1 272 015 1 272 061
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, February 2021

SP Share
Telekom 39.0%
DIGI group 22.7%
Vodafone 21.3%
Tarr 3.0%
ViDaNet 2.3%
PR-Telecom 1.3%
Parisat 0.5%
Other service providers 9.9%
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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