Major telecom service outages scheduled across Hungary in early August

Hungary’s leading telecom provider, Magyar Telekom, has announced widespread service outages for the first half of August, affecting major cities and smaller towns alike, including Budapest. The disruptions will impact home internet, television, and landline phone services, typically lasting several hours.

Which cities will be affected?

According to Telekom, maintenance work will begin on Monday, 4 August, causing periodic outages in the following areas:

Full outage on August 4 (8:00 AM–5:00 PM):

• Budapest, District III (1032)

• Pécs (ZIP codes: 7628, 7629, 7630)

• Szombathely (9700, 9707)

As reported by ATV, the expected downtime could last up to 180 minutes, meaning home internet, TV, and landline services may be unavailable for up to three hours in these areas.

Other affected towns:

• Noszvaj and Szomolya: 5 August, until 6:00 AM, 240-minute outage

• Bácsszentgyörgy, Csátalja, Dávod, Gara, Hercegszántó: 5 August, until 7:00 AM, 60-minute outage

• Mezőszentgyörgy: Until 15 August, 180-minute outage

What to do if service is not restored?

The company advises all customers to restart their digital routers/modems if issues persist beyond the scheduled maintenance window, as this often restores connectivity automatically.

If the problem continues, Telekom’s customer service can be reached toll-free at 1414 from within the Telekom network.

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