http://xpatloop.com/http://www.xpatloop.com/images/cms/xs_logo.gifhttp://xpatloop.com/infotech_telcoXpatloop.com - Expat Life In Budapest, Hungary - IT and Telco© XpatLoop.com 2007en-ENinfo@xpatloop.com"Telenor customers can be among the first to buy Windows-based Lumia handsets representing the latest generation of Nokia smartphones. Lumia 800, a high-end handset both in form and function, and Lumia 710, a model with classic Nokia design, will be available in Telenor showrooms as of 20 January.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69422Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:01:00 GMT"Nokia Corp. said Wednesday it will end the assembly of cellphones in Europe by year-end as it shifts production to Asia in its latest attempt to cushion its finances from stiff competition in the smartphone sector."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69420Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT"A Hungarian state consortium including the National Post has won the right to enter the mobile telecommunications market as a fourth service provider, the local regulator said on Tuesday."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69334Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT"Discount hypermarket chain Lidl will start selling mobile-phone subscriptions in the first quarter, news website hwsw.hu reports. Industry sources speaking on condition of anonymity said Lidl will not become a virtual mobile service operator but will act as a sales agent for Magyar Telekom.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69122Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:50:00 GMT"Sicap mobile money kiosks have been deployed in Vodafone Hungary's showcase "Smart Store", the smartphone experience store in "Fashion Street", Budapest. Vodafone pre-paid subscribers can now top up their credit in seconds on the user-friendly touch-screen kiosk, and post-paid subscribers will shortly be able to pay their monthly bill with it."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69129Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT"Romanian telecom operator RCS&RDS has lost the race for obtaining a telecommunication license in Hungary after the telecom authority in Hungary rejected its offer on the grounds that the operator has some unpaid debts."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69071Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT"Media and communications authority NMHH has excluded RCS & RDS, the company behind the brand name Digi, and Vietnamese telecom company Viettel from the 900MHz frequency tender. Only Magyar Telekom, Vodafone, Telenor and a consortium of state companies Magyar Posta, MVM and MFB Invest filed valid applications for future bidding, the NMHH said.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69060Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT"On January 1 T-Mobile was the first in Hungary to launch the first 4G/LTE based mobile internet service. The service became available in most parts of 10 Budapest districts through LTE enabled equipment or using the Net&Roll 4G mobile internet package, which T-Mobile offers promotionally at a discount monthly fee."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69054Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT"The SEC sued the Bonn-based company and its Budapest-based Magyar Telekom unit in federal court in Manhattan today. The court filing doesn’t indicate whether a settlement has been reached. John Nester, an SEC spokesman, declined to comment beyond the filing. Elpida Trizi, a Deutsche Telekom spokeswoman, declined to immediately comment on the lawsuit."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69024Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMT"Hardwares, softwares, signal frequencies, consoles and plugs… All indispensable tools and phrases of computer usage and communication via Internet; keywords from the basic vocabulary of the digital age. But do we really know their meanings and exact definitions? Could we illustrate them? Do we understand the precisely aligned operation of the physical and logical joints and adjustments necessary for data transmission? What exactly goes on between controller and adapter and input and output units? Under the supervision of Júlia Bársony, the students and alumni of the Mohogy-Nagy University's Media Institute now attempt to create a living reconstruction of these communication processes and operations, based on philosopher and essayist József Tillmann's writings on informational hierarchy theory.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69009Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:02:00 GMT"Finnish hackers with the Anonymous “hacktivist” group have threatened cyber attacks on Hungarian websites, Index reports. Activists posted the following message on Twitter: “Klubradio closed, Orbán and Fidesz are killing democracy in Hungary with their oppressive laws. Anonymous rise up, it is time to stop this shit.”http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68984Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT"Hungarian software company Graphisoft will unveil a bronze statue of the late co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, in a move to commemorate his contribution to the industry. The 7-foot, 485 pound bronze statue was created by Hungarian sculptor Erno Toth. It shows Jobs in his trademark attire - a turtleneck, jeans, sneakers and glasses."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68887Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMT"Hungary’s state-owned electricity wholesaler MVM Zrt. plans to bid for a mobile telephone operator license together with the country’s postal service and state- owned Magyar Fejlesztesi Bank Zrt., Napi Gazdasag reported."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68863Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMT"The Hungarian government came up with a new proposal, which talks about the setting up of a National Security Informational and Criminal Analysis Center. This new government body could freely roam about in other government databases and could collect and retain our data without any restriction. The monster feeding on our personal data is digging privacy’s grave even deeper."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68849Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMT"The government has informed the European Commission that it will not abolish its special telecoms tax introduced last year, two months after the EU requested that it do so, Napi Gazdaság has learnt from the Foreign Ministry.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68824Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:02:00 GMT"State satellite TV channel Duna 2 will receive a new name and target audience from January 1, it was announced at a conference in Balatonalmádi on Tuesday. The channel will be renamed Duna World and will target ethnic Hungarians living outside Europe.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68792Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:30:00 GMT"Magyar Telekom has filed the F15 form with the US financial supervisory SEC, asking it to terminate the registration of its shares and depository certificates in the US, in a bid to cut administration costs.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68680Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT"Hungary's No. 1 telecoms company earlier Thursday published worse-than-expected earnings figures, which CFO Thilo Kusch, who is also a member of the company's board, attributed to "difficult business environment" and provisioning related to U.S. investigations."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68658Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:00:00 GMT"Hungary is going to join consortium on creation of Trans Eurasian Super Information Main Highway (TASIM). Under the final protocol signed today within II meeting of Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation between Azerbaijan and Hungary the sides will carry out work on coordination of issues on creation TASIM and sign an interagency agreement on cooperation if necessary."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68660Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:00:00 GMT"The Laboratory of Cryptography and Systems Security at Budapest University first detected Duqu last month, and believes it to be related to Stuxnet, the virus that disrupted the Iranian nuclear program. Israeli and American intelligence agencies are believed to have orchestrated that attack, the newspaper reported."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68609Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:00:00 GMT