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Telecommunication in Hungary

The development of telecommunications in Hungary is roughly equivalent to the United States. Under the country code +36, there were a total of 13.34 million connections in 2021. Among them were 10.38 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.1 per person. In the US, this figure is 1.1 mobile phones per person.

With about 3.15 million webhosts, Hungary is below the world's average by population. At the end of 2020, 319,932 of these, or about 10 percent, were secured with SSL or comparable encryption.


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Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 138.80 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Hungary ranks 20th in an international comparison. The upload rate of only 34.39 Mbit/second was significantly lower (57th place).
In mobile internet, i.e., on tablets and smartphones, Hungary comes 49th with a download speed of 44.17 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 14 Mbit was enough for 27th place.

The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in February 2023 from 180 countries.

The following diagrams show the development of the various telephone and internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100 percent mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.


Access to the internet in Hungary from 1990 - 2021

Broadband internet in Hungary 2000 - 2021

Symbol image: cell towerThe expansion of broadband internet in Hungary is roughly on a par with the USA. Around 89 percent of all residents have access to the internet. Around 35 percent have their own fast internet connection, which is at least faster than the former ISDN (more than 256 kbit/s). All fixed connections via DSL, cable or satellite were counted here, but not those connected to the internet via mobile communications. With around 2.3 people per household, this means that around 80.1 percent of all households are equipped with a high-speed internet connection.

Landlines 1990 - 2021

Mobile phones 1990 - 2021

All international calling codes


Distribution in 2021Hungary
Total
Hungary
percent
USA
Total
USA
percent
Internet users8.61 m88.64 %304.52 m91.75 %
Broadband users3.38 m34.83 %125.89 m37.93 %
Landlines2.96 m30.44 %97.82 m29.47 %
Mobile cellulars10.38 m106.93 %361.66 m108.97 %

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