The Hungarian Media Authority announced this week it will change the license terms for the country’s three mobile phone companies when the companies’ contracts come up for renewal in October 2014. The measure comes as part of the media regulator’s ongoing push to reorganize Hungary’s mobile telecoms market by adding a fourth market player, which the Media Authority says is necessary to boost competition. In 2012, the Media Authority awarded a new mobile frequency to a group of state companies, but a court later ruled the regulator’s tender procedure was illegal.
