Szabó noted that average monthly mobile data use per subscriber reached 8.6 GB in Q4, climbing from 6.4 GB in the same period a year earlier. She augured growth on a similar scale in the coming quarters.

MTel's number of mobile subscribers rose 3.8% to 5.6 million last year, Szabó said. The number of post-paid subscribers increased 3.9% to 3.6 million.

The company's earnings report showed revenue rose 4% to HUF 700.1 bln last year, driven by a 7% increase in mobile turnover which reached HUF 389.4 bln.