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Budapest, December 4, 2007 16:15

Magyar Telekom received 2007 Business Ethics Award in the large companies category. The Award was presented by Chairman of the Budapest Club Professor Ervin László to Magyar Telekom’s Chairman-CEO Christopher Mattheisen on December 4, 2007 at the Award Presentation Gala held in Sofitel Hotel Budapest.

On the occasion of receiving the award Christopher Mattheisen said among others: “In Hungary the majority of the citizens are customers of the Magyar Telekom Group, use our services, are committed to the company in some form. In such a market position it is not an opportunity but an obligation to be ethical, to have an ethical business conduct.

The Magyar Telekom Group is generally market leader in all of its fields of operation. However business success, outstanding performance imposes an obligation of solidarity on us. We have the responsibility to return some of our profit to the community in a smart and efficient way. Responsible thinking and social welfare are basic conditions of the company’s existence too. This award means for me that we are progressing on the right way, we are able to work in line with our principles.”

It is the eighth year that the business magazine Piac és Profit (Market and Profit) holds one of the high-key events of the business scene, presentation of the Business Ethics Award. The Award was founded in 2000 by the founder of Budapest Club Professor Ervin László and Chief Editor of Piac és Profit Mária Demcsák. Presentation of the award helps promote a way of thinking with corporate social responsibility among the players of the Hungarian business scene.