Organisation: Magyar Telecom

Magyar Telecom B.V. is the parent company of Invitel. Invitel is one of the largest alternative network providers in Hungary. It originates from a number of mergers and rebanding activities. In 2007, the HTCC Group acquired Invitel Zrt, a subsidary of Tele2, becoming Hungary’s number one alternative network provider and second largest fixed-line service provider. Back in 2007, the HTCC Group then consisted of Hungarotel Zrt., Pantel Kft., HTCC Kft., V-holding Zrt. and Euroweb Zrt.All entities merged products and services were represented under the “Invitel” brand, with effect from 1 January 2008. Invitel now owns the concession areas formerly owned by Hungarotel and PanTel which it acquired in 2005. HTCC owns a proprietary backbone network, and 7,152 kilometres of optical network. The HTCC Group has so far spent over USD 1 billion on the deployment of its network in Hungary. Since 1 January 2008, Invitel Telecom uses the networks of other telecom service providers to offer voice services through call-by-call carrier selection and carrier pre-selection, as well as broadband Internet services and IPTV services.