E-Commerce Trends in 2011

Hungarian retailers capable of significantly boosting their sales volumes in 2011 were almost exclusively those engaged in selling online. Exact figures will not be available until after the books are closed for the year, but preliminary estimates indicate that the volume of the Hungarian online retail sector was 155 billion forints, and online sales of [...]

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Hungarian E-Commerce Was Soaring Again Last Year

Online commerce in Hungary continued to grow dynamically in 2010, reveals GKIeNET’s survey published in August 2011. Sales at webstores, making up 1.8% of all retail sales in Hungary with a total value of 133 billion forints keep increasing in 2011 and may total up to 155-160 billion forints.

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Business gaming, gaming business – online role-playing games on the rise

2.3 million people play online games on a regular basis in Hungary,  and an increasing number of players devote their free time to massively multiplayer online games (MMOG). Over 670 thousand Hungarian MMOG enthusiasts play strategic games as well as online role-playing games, reveals the Report on the Internet Economy by GKIeNET – T-Mobile.

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GKIeNET – T-Home – T-Mobile: 2.4 Million Customers with Personal Online Banking Contracts

At December 31, 2009, more than 2.4 million individual customers and over 350 thousand corporate clients in Hungary had internet banking agreements with domestic credit institutions.  Over the past year, the number of internet banking customers increased by 21% in the household segment and by 13% in the corporate segment. At year-end 2009, the number [...]

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2.090 Municipalities Have Fiber-Optic Access in Hungary

Rapid advances in information and communications technology require up-to-date access networks connecting communities, which is considered basic ICT infrastructure. In March 2009, 2,090 out of Hungary’s 3,152 municipalities had access to a minimum of one fiber-optic network, but government intervention is necessary in order to ensure geographically balanced development across the country by supporting locations [...]

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