Press Releases

Budapest, July 10, 2000

MATÁV has been offering his newest service, the Roaming International Call Card, since June 26. With the pre-purchased card, it is possible to make calls without subscription and entry fees from Hungary as well as abroad. One can use the Roaming Card to phone for one of the cheapest IP-based international minute charges in Hungary.

With the Matáv Roaming Card, calls can be made from Hungary to domestic areas or abroad as well as from abroad to another location abroad or Hungary. The card - similarly to 'domino' card offered by mobile service providers - can be bought in advance, and calls can be made for up to the entire amount of the card's nominal value of HUF 3000 or HUF 6000.

Roaming International Call Card users need not pay subscription or entry fees. Thanks to Internet Protocol technology, outgoing international calls can be made for one of the cheapest per minute charges available in Hungary. The service is only available from tone mode subscriber and public phones in the Matáv service area in Hungary and in 41 countries around the world.

With the Roaming Card, calls can be made from Hungary to foreign countries as well as to foreign countries from abroad for the 'normal' or the cheaper 'IP' charges. Calls from Hungary to domestic numbers as well as calls from abroad to Hungary can only be made for the 'normal' per minute charge. (See the enclosed list of countries that accept Roaming Card as well as 'normal' and 'IP' per minute charges.)

In addition to the Roaming Card, World Card, which was introduced on July 20, 1998, will also be available in the future, because, due to the different payment methods and tariffs, the two international card services complement and do not replace each other.

Table of charges

To From	Hungary Local, Domestic 1.	Hungary Domestic 2.-3.	Hungary Domestic 2.-3.	Int. Zone 1	Int. Zone 2	Int. Zone 3	Int. Zone 4
Hungary	30	50	*	125	175	400	500
International Zone 1	125	125	215	250	300	525	625
International Zone 2	175	175	265	300	350	575	675
International Zone 3	400	400	490	525	575	800	900
International Zone 4	500	500	590	625	675	900	1000

* from 7 to 18 75* other times 50* - For 'Roaming' calls, a separate connection fee is charged only if calls are made from Hungary to Hungarian mobile numbers.


IP per minute charges for Roaming calls:
(HUF including VAT)

To From	International Zone 1	International Zone 2	International Zone 3	International Zone 4
Hungary	80**	90	250	350
International Zone 1	205	215	375	475
International Zone 2	215	265	425	525
International Zone 3	375	425	650	750
International Zone 4	475	525	750	850

No separate connection fee is charged for Roaming calls.

Classification of countries according to tariff zone

• International Zone 1
  Austria, Croatia, Yugoslavia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
  
  
• International Zone 2
  Albania, Algeria, United States of America, American Virgin Islands, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Republic of South Africa, Estonia, Belarus, Faeroe Islands, Finland, France, French Guyana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Georgia, Guadeloupe, The Netherlands, Hong Kong, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Canada, Columbia, Korean Republic, Poland, Latvia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Morocco, Martinique, Mexico, Moldavia, Monaco, Great Britain and Northern-Ireland, Germany, Norway, Italy, Russia, Palestinian Self Governing Territories, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Réunion , San Marino, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Singapore Turkey, Tunisia, Vatican, New Zealand
  
  
• International Zone 3
  Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, United Arab Emirates, The Philippines, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Dutch Antilles, Honduras, Iran, Kazakhstan, Jamaica, Cameroon, Liberia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Panama, Peru, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, Salvador, Seychelles, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Syria, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Venezuela, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe
  
  
• International Zone 4
  American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, External Territories of Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Comoros Islands, Costa Rica, Chad, Dominique Community, Dominique Republic, Djibouti, Ecuador Guinea, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Northern Mariana Islands, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Fiji Islands, French Polynesia, Gambia, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Yemen, Jordan, Caiman Islands, Cambodia, Qatar, Kenya, China, Kyrgyzstan, Kiribati, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Korean People's Democratic Republic, Central African Republic, Cuba, Kuwait, Laos, Lesotho, Lebanon, Madagascar, Macao, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mongolia, Montserrat, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Western Sahara, Armenia, Pakistan, Palau, Paraguay, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadine Islands, Surinam, Samoa, Somalia, Tajikistan, Taiwan, Togo, Tokelau Islands, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Turkmenistan, New Caledonia, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Uzbekistan

Countries	Access numbers	Hungary Direct numbers
USA	1877 366 7029	1800 925 0036
Argentina	0800 333 0036	0800 555 3600
Australia	1 800 881 362	1800 881 360
Austria #	00 800 00361235	0800 200 233
Belgium	00 800 00361235	00 800 00360036
Brazil	000 800 3613	000 800 3611
Cyprus		0 809 0036
Czech Republic	00 420 03611	00 420 03601
Denmark	00 800 00361235	00 800 00360036
South Afrika	0809 99 0336	0800 99 0036
Finland	08001 13611	0800 1 10360
France	00 800 00361235	0 800 99 0036
Greece #	00 800 36 361	00 800 36 11
Netherlands	00 800 00361235	00 800 00360036
Hong Kong		800 96 0036
Croatia		0800 22 00 36
Israel	014 800 00361235	014 800 00360036
Ireland		1800 55 0036
Japan	00 66 77 360	00 539 361
Canada	1877 347 122	1800 463 8810
China	108 3600	108 360
Korea		00 722 036
Poland #	0-0800 361 11 22	0 - 0800 361 11 00
Lithuaania	8 - 800 9 3602	8 - 800 9 3600
Luxembourg	00 800 00361235	0800 0036
United Kingdom	0800 028 0047 0800 056 9816	0800 89 0036 0500 89 0036
Germany	00 800 00361235	0800 080 00 36
Norway	800 19 360	800 199 36
Italy	172 0362	172 0036
Russia ##	8 - 10800 1401036	8 - 10800 1101036
Portugal	00 800 00361235	00 800 00360036
Romania	01 801 3636	01 800 3636
San Marino	172 0362	172 0036
Spain		900 99 0036
Switzerland	00 800 00361235	00 800 00360036
Sweden #	020 799 236	020 799 036
Singapore	800 0360 741	800 0360 360
Slovak Republic	00 800 00361235	00 421 03601
Turkey		00 800 36 1177
New Zealand	000 9003	000 936
Ukraine		8 - 10036

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