Vodafone Hungary
| Subsidiary of Vodafone Plc | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Budapest |
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Key people
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Alexandre Froment-Curtil, CEO |
| Products | Prepaid and postpaid mobile phones, Mobile broadband |
| Website | Vodafone Magyarország |
Vodafone Hungary, member of the Vodafone Group is a mobile telephone company in Hungary. It started to operate in 1999 after securing the third GSM 900/1800 MHz license of the country and it was the first provider operating in the DCS-1800 band in Hungary. Vodafone is the third largest mobile network operator of the country, and controlling 22,84% of the market as of June 2012.
The IMSI - Network Code of Vodafone Hungary is 216-70 and MSISDN Network Codes are 70 (international: +36 70)
The Display name of Vodafone Hungary: vodafone HU
Vodafone operates a GSM, GPRS, EDGE network on 900/1800 MHz and a HSDPA+ network on 900/2100 MHz. The company has more than 2600 active Base Transciever Station (BTS), and thanks to the modernisation in 2011, the whole network is capable of LTE. The GSM network is covering 98,6% of the country, the 3G network is available on 90,1% of Hungary, as of May 2012.
On 7 July 1999 a consortium formed by V.R.A.M. and Primatel won the third GSM 900/1800 license in Hungary. After signing the license agreement, on 30 November 1999 the consortium launched its network under the Vodafone brand. At that time, it was the fastest network launch in the World. In the first years, Vodafone roamed on its main competitors, Westel (now T-Mobile) and Pannon (now Telenor) networks, while their own network was available only in Budapest and other main cities. At the end of 2002, they covered 90% of the country.
On 30 January 2003 the company launched the Vodafone live! service and in the same year, the customer base of Vodafone topped 1 million.
In December 2004, Vodafone purchased the third 3G license under the 2004 UMTS tender of NHH.
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