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4iG acquires Direct One satellite customer base

DIGI Távközlési és Szolgáltató, a subsidiary of 4iG, has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Canal+ Luxembourg and its Hungarian subsidiaries Eviso Hungary and Canal+ Distribution Hungary, for the acquisition of the Hungarian satellite customer base Direct One, and optionally for the acquisition of its cable television portfolio, depending on the consent of the […]

July 29, 2024

Canal+ launches in Hungary

After recent launches in various countries in Europe such as in Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia and the Netherlands, Canal+ Group has announced the launch of an offering in Hungary, grouping linear services together with a catalogue of movies and series, bundled in the Canal+ streaming application. Internationally, Canal+ Group operates in more than 50 countries […]

July 26, 2024

4iG, REMRED construct space tech centre in Hungary

4iG Group and its subsidiary REMRED have laid the foundation stone of Hungary’s first space industry manufacturing center in Martonvásár, Hungary. The factory named REMTECH manufactures, assembles, integrates and tests satellites, with modular technology uniquely in Europe. The greenfield project implements  solutions in line with aerospace standards and will be supplied by an independent photovoltaic […]

May 8, 2024

4iG Group introduces 6 GHz band to CEE

4iG Group has announced it has tested 5.5G technology in operation using 6 GHz spectrum in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)  in collaboration with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (in Hungarian: ‘BME VIK’). The new technology can deliver up to ten times faster download speeds […]

April 19, 2024

4iG secures NAGRA to launch new entertainment service

NAGRA, a Kudelski Group, company and independent provider of evolving content protection and media and entertainment solutions, has announced the leading Hungarian broadband and TV service provider 4iG, through its subsidiaries Vodafone Hungary, DIGI Hungary and Antenna Hungaria, selected NAGRA as its system integrator and solution partner to lead their migration to a feature-rich, next-generation […]

September 13, 2023

4iG profits boosted by Vodafone Hungary

4iG has reported that its acquisition of Vodafone Hungary, completed in the first quarter of this year, has enabled it to “achieve the necessary scale of operations in the domestic and regional telecommunications sector”, allowing it to “maximise synergies between its strategic sectors, operating as a convergent service provider from IT to telecommunications”. The Group […]

September 1, 2023

4iG sells DIGI Hungary mobile infrastructure

Antenna Hungária, owner of 4iG Group’s telecommunication portfolio, has signed an agreement with Pro-M for the sale of DIGI Hungary mobile infrastructure – which has announced to the Budapest Stock Exchange. MIS Omega Mobilhálózat carved out from DIGI Távközlési in May this year, owns the tower network, the owned and leased sites with the entire […]

June 30, 2023

4iG appoints new senior execs

The Board of Directors of 4iG has appointed new senior executives in order to integrate Vodafone Hungary and the company’s existing telecommunications portfolio. The executives will be responsible for identifying synergies within the Group and harmonising business operations. From March 1st, Sacha Dudler will join the 4iG Group’s senior management team as Deputy CEO, in […]

February 1, 2023

4iG acquires Vodafone Hungary

Antenna Hungária, a subsidiary of 4iG, Corvinus International Investment, representing the Hungarian State and Vodafone Europe have signed a binding sale and purchase agreement of 100 per cent shares in Vodafone Hungary. The parties have agreed on an Enterprise Value of HUF 660 billion (€1.66bn) which is 7.1 times the EBITDA of the target company […]

January 9, 2023

Spacecom shares sale to 4iG wraps

Budapest-based 4iG has completed its purchase of 20 percent of Israeli satellite operator Space Communications Ltd (Spacecom) which operates the Amos fleet of satellites. “By Spacecom’s public and private share issue, the Hungarian info-communication company group can acquire a 20 per cent stake in the company. In the next three years, it can be increased […]

September 30, 2022By Chris Forrester