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Our users in Hungary reported the fastest average download speeds on Telekom's network, with the operator racking up an impressive Download Speed Experience score of 37.2 Mbps. Our Telekom users now enjoy 4.2 Mbps (12.7%) faster download speeds than their counterparts on Telenor and a whopping 12.3 Mbps (49.2%) faster than those on Vodafone, on average. In our last report, we saw Telekom and Telenor jointly win the Download Speed Experience award. However, this time, Telekom sweeps away the award outright. Telekom also wins the Upload Speed Experience award, with our users on its network observing an average speed of 13.8 Mbps — at least 3.7 Mbps higher than their peers.
Telekom once again wins the Video Experience, Games Experience and Voice App Experience award — which measures the experience while streaming videos, playing multiplayer mobile games and using over-the-top (OTT) voice apps, respectively, when connected to a mobile network. The operator's score of 76.4 points (out of 100) on Video Experience places in the Excellent category, which means that the quality of video streamed to a smartphone over the operator's network exhibited fast load times and practically non-existent stalling at all resolutions. In Games Experience, Telekom's winning score of 78.1 points (out of 100) places solely in the Good category, while that for Voice App Experience — 82.3 points — places in the Good category alongside Telenor.
Once again, Telekom has swept away six out of seven awards. The mobile operator maintained the top spot in 4G Coverage Experience, Video Experience, Games Experience, Voice App and Upload Speed Experience. Telekom also wins the Download Speed experience award, which it shared with Telenor in our previous report.
Hungary's 4G-only operator DiGiMobil once again claims our 4G Availability award. The average proportion of time that our DiGiMobil users spent connected to 4G has increased by 0.9 percentage points since our last report to reach an impressive score of 97.5%. Meanwhile, Telenor's 4G Availability score has also grown by 1.1 percentage points to 93.4%. It is noteworthy to see even small growth, given the limited scope for improvement. However, the greatest increase of three percentage points was reported by our Vodafone users, who experienced 92% 4G Availability. In contrast, Telekom's 4G Availability score dipped slightly by 0.5 percentage points to 94%. These scores mean that 4G users across all networks in Hungary are now able to latch on to a 4G network more than 90% of the time.
Over the last few months, Hungary's three national operators Telekom, Telenor, and Vodafone, have reportedly been expanding their 5G networks. Meanwhile, DiGiMobil has entered into a preliminary and non-binding agreement to sell its operations to 4iG after suffering a major setback from not being able to obtain a 5G license. The operator's announced its exit after the Curia (Supreme Court) rejected its appeal, deciding that it was legal for NMHH (Nemzeti Média- és Hírközlési Hatóság) to exclude DiGiMobil from the 5G auction that was completed in March 2020.
While 5G is a critical area of focus for Hungarian operators at the moment, 4G continues to play a vital role because that's the network that users spend most of their time connected to. Also, strong 4G networks will pave the road for a smoother transition to next-generation 5G networks. In this report, we've analyzed the mobile network experience of Hungary's four national operators — DiGiMobil, Telekom, Telenor and Vodafone — in the 90 days starting April 1, 2021, and ending June 29, 2021, to see how they measure up.
Our second look at Hungary's mobile network experience shows that Telekom remains ahead of its rivals in terms of users' experience with the largest share of awards. Since our last report, Telekom has maintained its strength in 4G Coverage Experience, Video Experience, Games experience, Voice App Experience, and 4G Upload Speed Experience and won the Download Speed Experience award outright this time. The only category that Telkom fails to grab is for 4G Availability, which DiGi Mobile wins for the second time in a row.
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Hungary Report
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DIGIMobil
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Telekom
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Telenor
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Vodafone
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Mobile Experience Awards Winners
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August 2021,
Hungary
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Video Experience
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Telekom
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Games Experience
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Telekom
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Voice App Experience
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Telekom
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Download Speed Experience
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Telekom
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Upload Speed Experience
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Telekom
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4G Availability
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DIGIMobil
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4G Coverage Experience
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Telekom
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