Magyar Telekom

Credits

Magyar Telekom
Founded:	1991
Formerly:	Matáv

Background: Magyar Telekom Nyrt. (officially Magyar Telekom Távközlési Nyilvánosan Működő Részvénytársaság, Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company lit. 'Hungarian Telecom Telecommunications Public Limited Company') is one of the leading Hungarian telecommunications service provider company. It is a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom.

Magyar Telekom provides a full range of telecommunications and information communication (ICT) services to private individuals as well as small, medium and large corporate customers, including landline and mobile phone, data transfer and non-voice based, as well as IT and system integration services uniformly under the Telekom brand. Magyar Telekom is connected to the lives of its customers by millions of threads, telephone, internet, TV and IT: it has a high-quality, reliable and uniquely wide range of services in all areas. Magyar Telekom Nyrt. is the 100% owner of Telekom Regszerintegració Zrt., as well as the majority owner of Makedonski Telekom, the leading integrated service provider in North Macedonia.

Until 6 May 2005, it was known as Matáv (Magyar Távközlési Rt. – Hungarian Telecommunications PLC). The company was formed under the name of Magyar Távközlési Vállalat (Hungarian Telecommunications Enterprise) in December 1989, when Magyar Posta (Hungarian Post) was split into three separate enterprises. On 31 December 1991, the company was re-structured as a public limited company as Magyar Távközlési Rt.. On 1 July 1993, the Telecommunications Act came into effect, making it possible to privatize the company. The company remained 100% state owned until the end of 1993. At this point, a consortium was formed between Deutsche Telekom and Ameritech, which was named MagyarCom. MagyarCom bought a company share of 30.1% for a price of US$875 million.

1st Logo (2004-2005)

Logo: On a white background, you see the T-Mobile logo with the slogan "Jobb veled a világ".

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Music/Sounds: The Telekom jingle with an announcer that says "Jobb veled a világ" in Hungarian.

Availability: Extinct. Very few ads of Magyar Telekom at this time are available online, due to captures of Hungarian TV channels at the time being very hard to find. So far, only commercials from 2004 to 2005 are available.