Nearly every Hungarian has a mobile phone

Broadband internet continues to spread, and the number of mobile phone subscriptions is nearing 9.5 million, writes napi.hu, based on data provided by the Central Statistics Office (KSH).

There were 41,000 new mobile subscriptions at the end of the last quarter, and the total number of subscriptions was 501,000 more than in the same period of last year, which indicates a 6% growth.

The number of calls made in the mobile network was 14% higher in the last quarter than one year ago, while the total number of minutes spent talking on a mobile phone has grown by by 26%. The average length of a call is 10% longer than last year.

The number of Internet providers was 350 in the second quarter, 35 more than a year ago. Of these, 19 serves 90% of all subscribers. At the end of the quarter, the number of Internet subscribers was 1,034,374, which is 31% more than in the same period of last year and 3% more than at the end of the first quarter. The number of broadband internet subscribers has grown by as much as 68% in one year.

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