Investor Releases

Budapest, March 16, 2005

Matáv (NYSE: MTA.N and BSE: MTAV.BU), the leading Hungarian telecommunications service provider today announced that it has signed a Share Purchase Agreement to acquire 51.12% of the shares of Telekom Montenegro (Telekom Crne Gore AD, or TCG) from the Government of Montenegro for 114 million euros. Additionally, Matáv has so far agreed with minority shareholders on the acquisition of 15.97% of the company's shares for a price of 16.7 million euros.

The purchase will mainly be financed from debt; the closing of the transaction is expected to take place in early April 2005. Matáv will fully consolidate Telekom Montenegro in its accounts from the time of the closing of the transaction.

In addition to the 67.09% stake in the agreements currently signed, Matáv intends to acquire further minority stakes and is submitting an offer for the remaining shares for a price of EUR 2.20 per share. The offer is in line with Matáv's original bid, in which the company offered a maximum price of 165 million euros for 100% of Telekom Montenegro.

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