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To support flood relief efforts, Yettel has decided to offer its customers five days of free unlimited data.

Recognised for the second time this year, now in an international league

What is corporate culture or employee wellbeing, how do you attract candidates, how do you maintain employee engagement in the long term and where does sustainability fit in? These are just some of the issues examined by the independent international TOP Employer Institute. Based on the results, Yettel is ranked among the best employers in Hungary – a distinction that only 17 companies in the country have achieved.

Convenient access to digital services is an intergenerational need

The Yepp fully digital subscription, a novelty in the Hungarian market, was originally designed by Yettel for a young audience. The results of the first two months, however, show that the proportion of subscribers aged 18-35 and those aged 36-55 is the same which means that the need for convenience is universal for all generations.

The budget originally earmarked for corporate events cancelled due to the Covid pandemic has been allocated in a three-year programme

More than 600 applicants, 255 winning applications and hundreds of digital devices. These are the key figures of a joint programme launched 3 years ago by the Hungarian Red Cross and Yettel to support the digital inclusion of people in need. Over the past three years, applications were accepted for mobile phones, tablets, laptops, peripherals and software. At the beginning of the new school year, these devices are particularly useful for children with learning difficulties or severe disabilities and their families. Most of the winners have never had such devices before.

Applications are accepted until 22 September

In 2024 again, an award program is launched for editorial offices and journalists who bring to light social issues of public importance. The award established in 2003 will be granted for the 20th time this year, and once again applications are invited for videos, photos or photo series that present social issues and possible solutions. This year, the jury will also award works in a new category: the best first applicant. The extended deadline is 22 September.

Guess which country’s subscribers roam the most at Sziget
 
Sziget Festival, one of Europe’s largest music and cultural events is over. Visitors used the mobile network intensely 24 hours a day. They spent 200 times as much time on the phone and generated 1,200 times as much mobile data traffic on Yettel’s mobile network than on an average day on the Óbudai Hajógyári Island, according to a report by the Festival’s official telco partner. But where did most of the visitors come from?

Yettel is the partner distributing the new handsets in Hungary as a mobile operator

Yettel is the first mobile operator in Hungary to offer Google Pixel smartphones and accessories. Through this partnership, Hungarian users can access Google’s premium handsets directly from an official source via their mobile operator.

This year, festival-goers can also create their own AI-powered video

Wednesday marked the start of the Sziget Festival, one of Europe’s largest music and cultural events, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. Such large-scale events also require the mobile network to be strengthened to cope with the sudden increase in usage in the area. How does a mobile operator prepare to provide adequate coverage for such a major event? What does it take to enable tens of thousands of people to make calls and surf the web at the same time in an area where at other times of the year a few runners and dog walkers are the only mobile users? Yettel, the official telecom partner of the Sziget Festival, is now sharing some behind-the-scenes secrets.

Peak season boosted by Balaton Crossing

Just as the M7 motorway and catering facilities at Lake Balaton get busier in the summer, the mobile network also faces a heavy load during this period. August is the month when mobile data traffic peaks with the highest levels usually recorded in Siófok. During the 42nd Lidl Balaton Crossing on 21 July, the number of voice calls increased compared to a similar summer day. According to a recent Yettel analysis of mobile traffic at Lake Balaton, people spent between four and nine times as much time on the phone on that day as on an average winter day.

More people watched Kevin Csoboth’s goal than the European Championship final

Live sports fans are thrilled to be able to watch their favourite sporting events live from almost anywhere, even on their mobile phones. The recently concluded European Football Championship was an event that proved very popular with the viewers of Yettel’s TV service. According to Yettel TV’s traffic analysis, Hungary third group match against Scotland was the most watched game, while Hungary’s second match attracted the same number of viewers as the final. The winning goal against Germany was the most watched moment of the entire European Championship.