High speed user base tops 1.8m in Feb, but fixed line base down

The total number of ADSL and cable broadband subscriptions in Hungary climbed by 17,000 in February 2010 for a month-end total of 1.802 million, the National Telecommunications Authority (NHH) reports. However, the total for fixed line telephones dipped from 3.055 million in January 2010 to 3.040 million a month later, it added. Of the total for broadband connections, ADSL accounted for 811,000, while cable lines climbed 15,000 in the month to 991,000, the NHH said.