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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.
 

These are the classes of typical  festival goers – are you one of them?

Do you know the detailed program of the festival by heart? Do you know where to charge your mobile, or are you the one who always knows where to get the best food? With the summer festival season come the special and colourful personalities to party with, be them the biggest party animals or the all-knowing festival-goers who have been raving from the front row for 20 years. Read on to find out who you can expect to meet at Sziget, one of Europe’s most colourful festivals – and now you can even win a day ticket to the event, courtesy of Yettel.

Yettel brings the digital experience of fintech and streaming to telecoms

Yettel has announced a data revolution with Hungary’s first digital-only, commitment-free unlimited domestic data plan called Yepp, which takes the customer experience of mobile services to a new level with a complete focus on digitisation.

What happens if you get tired during the swim? Can you get lost on the course? How do you get your bag from the start to the finish? How can you contact your loved ones if you leave your mobile phone on the other side of the lake before swimming? The 42nd LIDL Balaton Crossing will take place on 20 July and many questions may arise, especially for first-time participants. Read on to get the answers to the most exciting questions about the challenge.  

The Artificial Intelligence and Data Analysis Department, headed by Bulgarian expert Denitsa Gavrilova, will start operations on 1 July.

Tips to make your summer holidays really relaxing

Being a teacher is good, because like schoolchildren, they have a two-month break in the middle of the summer. It may sound like heaven, but in reality, teacher’s duties don’t end with the end of the school year, and they don’t return to work on 1 September, as many people assume. Krisztina Varga, professional advisor for Yettel’s ProSuli program, sums up what a “teacher’s summer” is really like, and gives tips on how to make your holiday truly relaxing, whatever your profession.