Information, communication

Mobile network data traffic increases continuously, surpassing the previous year’s data in the 3rd quarter of 2021 by 35%. Optical network based internet subscriptions continued to increase in number, these represented more than one-third of the fixed line subscriptions in the 3rd quarter of 2021. The average length of calls initiated from mobile and fixed line networks lagged behind the peak values measured during the height of the pandemic, although surpassed the pre-pandemic values.

In these days, due to the pandemic, services accessible through enterprises’ websites have an important role. 28% of the Hungarian enterprises having a website offered online order options for their products, services in 2020. Customization of the requested items, as well as order tracking is available at 14% of the enterprises. 38% of the enterprises linked their website with their social media profiles.

With the spread of the pandemic the cash- and personal contact free online purchasing came into prominence in 2020. Partly due to this trend the number of those ever buying online increased significantly, by 66%, compared to the previous years. 49% of the 16–74 age group ordered or purchased products or services online within three months of the survey, 11% within 12 months, 5.7% more than a year before the survey.

The the number of households with internet connection grew from 58% in 2010 to 88% by 2020. Surfing on the internet became a daily routine for most people: 79% of the population aged 16–74 surfed on a daily basis on the net in 2020, most people sought health related info, made phone calls or used the social media.

Data related on settlements and districts of Budapest in the Dissemination database are updated twice this year, as such part of the 2019 serial settlement and district data, among others about number of internet subscriptions according to different technologies as well as main phone line types are available from 31 July, four months earlier than it was customary before.