Telecommunication in Hungary

Compared to the European Union, Hungary has a slight downturn in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +36, there were a total of 13.06 million connections in 2018. Among them were 10.04 million million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.0 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.

The expansion of the broadband Internet in Hungary is roughly equal to the EU average. Around 76% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 32% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 3.15 million webhosts, Hungary is below the world's average by population.

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Development of telephone and internet connections

The following diagrams show the development of the different telephone and Internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100% mean that on average every inhabitant has more than one subscription.

Spread of internet connections in Hungary 1990 - 2018

Broadband internet in Hungary 2000 - 2018

Landlines in the years 1990 - 2018

Mobile phones in Hungary 1990 - 2018

Spreading in 2018	Hungary Total	Hungary percent	EU Total	EU percent
Internet users	7.44 m	76.07 %	368.20 m	82.41 %
Broadband users	3.08 m	31.50 %	152.50 m	34.13 %
Landlines	3.02 m	30.86 %	171.14 m	38.31 %
Mobile cellulars	10.04 m	102.72 %	545.16 m	122.02 %