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Pannon appoints Dr. Balázs Biró as djuice team head (Hungary)

On 08.22.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Pannon CEO Anders Jensen has appointed Dr. Balázs Biró to head the djuice team as of 1 September. Balázs Biró is moving to the top position of the youth brand from the post of Pannon’s Legal Director. His official title will be Chief Commercial Officer of djuice, responsible for the entire djuice brand management. He will also become a full-fledged member of Pannon’s Management Board.

“I am pleased to appoint Balázs to head the djuice team. I am confident that his outstanding professional and management skills will enable him to make a major contribution to the continued success and growth of djuice”, said Anders Jensen, CEO of Pannon.

dr. Balázs Biró (36) joined Pannon in 2001 where he was appointed to Legal Director in 2004. He graduated from the Law School of Eötvös Loránd University and speaks fluent English, Italian and German.

“I’m very enthusiastic to join the djuice team and can hardly wait to get down to work. I believe that djuice world and services are still going to be fascinating and successful among the youngs” said Balázs Biró upon his appointment.

Djuice is Pannon’s youth brand targeting customers using their mobile phone both for calls and entertainment. Djuice has been present in Hungary since 2003. The rebranding programme completed in April 2009 brought many changes to djuice including new additions to its services portfolio. Djuice is a key venture for which Pannon has high hopes in the future. Its success will make a major contribution to the future success of Pannon.
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Hungary ends July with 11,888,000 active subscribers

On 08.18.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: According to NHH’s latest figures, Hungary’s active mobile subscriptions rose from 16,000 to 10,660,000 in July. The total mobile phone subscription droppen from 11,889,000 in June to 11,888,000 in July and the active subscriber base rose by 324,000 since July’08.
The number of mobile phone subscriptions per hundred inhabitants stood at 118.6% in July, up from 115.5% a year earlier.
Of the total active subscriber base, T-Mobile had a 44.59% share, up from 44.53% in June, while Vodafone’s share hiked to 21.91% from 21.88% and Pannon’s share dipped to 33.51% from 33.59%.

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Pannon ends Q2′09 with 3.577 Mn mobile subscribers (Hungary)

On 08.05.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Pannon today announced financial results for its fiscal second quarter. The company continued investments in mobile broadband technologies, and partly compensated the decrease of handset related and voice retail revenue by higher mobile internet revenue.

Revenue in Q2 ’09 was HUF 1.7bn lower than in 2008 Q2 mainly due to the decrease of interconnect revenues as a result of termination fee cut from January 2009. Voice retail revenue slightly decreased because of lower average-minutes-per-user, while reduction of revenue was partly compensated with higher Mobile Internet related revenue.

All above reasons affected the blended ARPU development in local currency, that is 8% lower level compared to a year before. Handset related revenue also decreased due to the lower sales volume.
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Hungary ends June with 11.88Mn mobile subscribers

On 07.29.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: NHH, the Hungarian regulator has reportedly released a data on the mobile subscribers across the nation for the month of June. The data unveils that the subscriber base dropped by 23,323 in the month of June to 11.88 million.
Pannon saw a drop in its market share from 34.87% to 34.73%, Vodafone’s remained almost unchanged at 21.06% compared with 21.07%, while T-Mobile’s slice of the pie grew to 44.21% up from 44.07%.
Active subscriptions, however, increased from 10.63 million in May to 10.64 million in June.

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Pannon offers Night & Day mobile internet promotion (Hungary)

On 07.13.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Pannon is offering a new mobile internet promotion dubbed as Night & Day promotion. This promotion will run from 1 July to 31 July and will allow subscribers to stay online 24×7. The service offering mobile Internet with no overspending within Hungary to subscribers signing a one- or two-year loyalty agreement will have a fixed monthly rate of HUF 6,240 starting from 1 July.
Subscribers signing a two-year loyalty agreement will get the service providing unlimited usage for normal use at a 50% discount in the initial six months and they will also receive a modem or other data transmission device free of charge.

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Pannon introduces Mobile Internet 20 MB offer (Hungary)

On 07.11.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Browsing the web on the display of your mobile phone is not a novelty anymore. It is a practical and convenient way to check the latest news, MyVIP, events, movie guides, sport results, transport schedules etc. You can also use your mobile phone to send and receive e-mails.

Due to improving coverage and the increasing number of 3G/HSDPA-enabled mobile phones, more and more Pannon customers have an Internet enabled phone, and the number of people accessing the Internet through their mobile phone is rising.

With Pannon’s latest Mobile Internet 20 MB offer, customers can use their mobile phone to browse the web at the currently lowest price on the market. The service with a monthly rate of only HUF 480 can be tested with “Try&buy” terms between 1 July and 30 September 2009. First month is for HUF 0 and does not require a loyalty agreement. (more…)

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Hungary mobile internet subscribers exceed 600k mark in May

On 06.24.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The three Hungarian mobile operators Pannon, T-Mobile and Vodafone had 607,479 mobile internet subscribers at the end of May, up from 565,510 in April, according to market regulator NHH. Hungarian mobile users sent a total of 763,178GB of data last month, in comparison with 743,254GB in April, while average traffic per subscriber was 1.52GB down from 1.56GB in the previous month. T-Mobile’s Mobile share of data subscribers stood at 48.51%, Followed to this is Vodafone with 28.22% where as Pannon recorded a market share of 23.27%.

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Pannon introduces free calling after 5th min (Hungary)

On 06.18.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Pannon has introduced a new deal for subscribers offering free calls after the fifth minute of each conversation. The subscribers are required to call 741 between 16 June and 31 July 2009 to avail this service. The existing, new subscribers and either postpaid or prepaid residential or corporate subscribers can enjoy the service.

Furthermore, the subscribers who sign 2-year contracts until 13 July 2009 and buy a Samsung S5230 mobile touch phone will be exempted from paying the first monthly installment for the device. The handset is priced is at HUF 19,980, with a 2 year contract and without an installment payment.

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Pannon, Vodafone & T-Mobile lose 78,663 subscribers in May (Hungary)

On 06.16.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Pannon, Vodafone and T-Mobile, mobile operators of Hungary have shed 78,663 subscribers in May, taking its total subscriber base to 11.91 million. The market share of Pannon was reportedly almost flat in comparison to 34.86% in April, while Vodafone’s market share dropped from 21.17% to 21.07%.

T-Mobile market share also plunged in May to 44.07 per cent, from 44.97% in April. Active subscription experiences drop from 44.97% (April) to 44.07% in May. Mobile penetration dropped from 119.6 in April to 118.9% at end-May.

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Pannon offers mobile e-mail service under Djuice brand (Hungary)

On 06.08.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Pannon, mobile operator of Hungary, is providing a mobile e-mail service under its Djuice brand for young subscribers. The service enables subscribers to manage multiple e-mail accounts from a single box on the handset, as well as e-mail attachments. The service costs HUF 300 for up to 100 MB of domestic use. The subscribers opting for this service will not have to pay any amount until the end of August.

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