What Berotel Networks does

Berotel Networks Kft. is a privately held, Hungarian family-owned telecommunications operator headquartered in Budapest, providing internet, IPTV, and VoIP services to residential and business customers primarily in rural districts of Hungary. Its core service area spans 26 settlements across the Kisteleki, Hevesi, and Dabasi járás (districts), with the company operating three physical customer service offices in Kakucs, Kistelek, and Heves alongside phone and email support channels.

The company's technical foundation is an FTTH GPON (Fiber-to-the-Home Gigabit Passive Optical Network) that it owns and operates, delivering up to 1 Gbps download speeds — making it the third provider in Hungary to reach 1 Gbps — together with what the company characterizes as the country's highest upload speeds. The fiber network was substantially de-risked by approximately 954 million HUF (≈€2.4M) of EU Széchenyi 2020 / GINOP grant co-funding across three projects completed between 2020 and 2021. On top of the wired infrastructure, Berotel sells the BeroTV BOX AndroidTV 9.0 set-top box product line (JóLegyen!, Optimum, and Full tiers) with 4K Ultra HD, Wi-Fi ac, and Google Assistant integration, plus nationwide online streaming services BeroTV Start and BeroTV Max delivered via an Android app. VoIP telephony is offered under the BeroTEL brand with separate residential and business tariff plans.

Commercially, Berotel runs a direct-to-consumer model with monthly subscription billing in Hungarian Forint and bundled triple-play packages combining internet, IPTV, and VoIP at a discount to individual subscriptions. Pricing tiers are low — for example, BeroTV Start at 2,305 Ft/month and BeroTV Max at 4,150 Ft/month — and an annual commitment (hűségidő) unlocks discounted rates. The company is set to apply an inflation-indexed 4.4% price adjustment from March 2026. Distribution is concentrated: wired services are regional to the three districts, while online IPTV is sold nationwide as a self-serve product. There are no disclosed enterprise customers, no headcount expansion signals, and no revenue figures in the source data.

Name

Berotel Networks

Legal name

Berotel Networks Kft.

Website

https://berotel.hu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Berotel Networks Kft. is a Hungarian family-owned ISP offering FTTH GPON fiber internet, BeroTV IPTV, and BeroTEL VoIP services to residential and business customers across rural districts of Hungary, with a nationwide online streaming extension.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Telecommunications Services

NAICS

Wired Telecommunications Carriers (517111), Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) (51711), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (5162)

SIC

Telephone Communications (No Radiotelephone) (4813), Cable & Other Pay Television Services (4841)

akta.pro primary industry

Fiber ISPs (FTTH/FTTP Retail Providers) (HDAIADAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Rural & Regional ISPs (HDAIADAI), Municipal & Community Broadband ISPs (HDAIADAH)

Keywords

• Fiber optic internet
• IPTV services
• VoIP telephony
• Broadband internet
• Telecommunications services

Headquarters

HQ city

Budapest

HQ country

Hungary

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Internet Services: Monthly subscription-based internet services with packages offering up to 1000 Mbps download speeds. Revenue generated through recurring monthly fees with billing periods defined in terms and conditions.
2. IPTV Television Services: Subscription-based IPTV services including wired IPTV packages (126 channels, 42 HD) and online streaming packages (BeroTV Start, BeroTV Max). Additional revenue from customizable channel packages where customers select individual channels.
3. VoIP Telephone Services: Voice over IP telephone services with per-minute billing for domestic and international calls. Includes BeroTEL residential and business tariff plans with connection fees and peak/off-peak pricing.
4. Combined/Bundled Packages: Bundle packages combining internet, television, and telephone services at discounted rates compared to individual subscriptions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Berotel Networks is a Hungarian telecommunications company that provides fiber-optic broadband internet access (up to 1 Gbps delivered over FTTH GPON infrastructure), IPTV television services under the BeroTV brand, and VoIP telephony services under the BeroTEL brand. The company primarily serves residential customers in rural Hungary, operating its own fiber network and bundling internet, television, and voice services.

Product overview

Berotel Networks is a Hungarian ISP offering a unified triple-play service portfolio: high-speed fiber internet (up to 1 Gbps via FTTH GPON), IPTV television (BeroTV BOX with AndroidTV set-top boxes, and online nationwide BeroTV streaming), and VoIP telephone (BeroTEL). The BeroTV BOX line includes JóLegyen! (customizable), Optimum, and Full tiers with 4K support. Online IPTV offerings include BeroTV Start and Max accessible via Android app nationwide. Bundled packages combine all three services. The network serves rural districts (Kisteleki, Hevesi, Dabasi járások) with fiber-to-the-home infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BeroTV: IPTV and online TV service brand offering BeroTV BOX packages (JóLegyen!, Optimum, Full) and online streaming services (BeroTV Start, BeroTV Max) with national coverage.
• BeroTEL
• Bero 1000

Products and services

• Fiber Internet Service Fiber-to-the-home broadband internet delivered over the company's own FTTH GPON network, offering speeds up to 1 Gbps to residential subscribers in rural Hungary.
• BeroTV BOX IPTV television service offering linear and on-demand channels delivered over the company's fiber network to residential subscribers.
• BeroTV Start Entry-tier IPTV package providing core television channel line-up over Berotel's fiber network.
• BeroTV Max Premium-tier IPTV package providing an expanded channel and content line-up over Berotel's fiber network.
• BeroTEL VoIP-based telephony service delivered over Berotel's fiber network, available with residential and business tariff plans.
• Bero 1000 Bundled service offering within Berotel's product family, marketed alongside the BeroTV and BeroTEL sub-brands.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1 Gbps maximum download speed (third in Hungary)
• +3 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Magyar Telekom: Hungary's largest integrated telecom operator offering fixed fiber, mobile, and IPTV (Telekom TV) nationally. Comparable as the dominant full-service provider that Berotel competes with in its rural footprint, though at vastly greater scale and with mobile assets Berotel does not have.
• Vodafone Hungary: National mobile and fixed broadband provider offering convergent packages including IPTV. Relevant as a national converged-services competitor with scale advantages in content licensing and bundling that small regional ISPs cannot match.
• Yettel Hungary: Mobile-first Hungarian operator (formerly Telenor) that has expanded into fixed wireless and fiber via partnerships/acquisitions. Comparable as a national triple-/quad-play competitor increasingly pushing into Berotel's broadband value segment.

Direct peers

• Vidanet: Hungarian regional fiber/cable operator delivering internet, TV and voice services in western and central Hungary. Comparable as a mid-sized regional fiber ISP with a multi-district footprint and triple-play portfolio similar to Berotel's.
• Digi Hungary: Major Hungarian fixed broadband and pay-TV operator with extensive fiber and HFC coverage, including aggressive rural rollouts. Directly comparable as a fiber/IPTV/VoIP bundle competitor in overlapping geographies, with a similar value-for-money positioning.
• Tarr Kft. Regional Hungarian telecom and cable operator in southern Hungary providing internet, TV and telephony over fiber and HFC. Closely comparable as a similarly-sized regional triple-play ISP that also won EU co-funded rural broadband projects.

Emerging players

• HTCC (Hungarian Cable Communications Cooperative): Hungarian cable/telecom cooperative serving small towns and rural communities. Comparable as a small-scale, community-oriented cable/fiber operator targeting the same underpenetrated rural Hungarian segments as Berotel.
• Antenna Hungária: Hungarian broadcast and telecommunications operator providing DVB-T/T2, satellite, and OTT/IPTV distribution. Comparable as a domestic TV distribution counterpart, though focused on broadcasting infrastructure rather than retail fiber broadband.

Others

• Steliau Technology: Pan-European value-added distributor of telecom, networking and broadband CPE. Relevant as an enabler/supplier of fiber, GPON, and set-top box equipment that small regional ISPs like Berotel depend on for network buildouts.

Regional players

• PR-Telecom: Czech regional fiber and cable operator providing internet, TV and voice in Moravia. Comparable as a similarly-sized Central European regional fiber ISP with EU co-funded rural rollouts, although it operates in the Czech market rather than Hungary.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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