4iG’s Vodafone buy under fire amid political scrutiny of state role
Hungarian opposition Socialist Party accuses Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government of negligent mismanagement of public funds during the acquisition of Vodafone Hungary by 4iG and state-owned holding company Cornivus.
This article includes:
- Organisations: 4iG Group; ALBtelecom; Antenna Hungária; CETIN Hungary; Cornivus; Deutsche Telekom; Digi; European Commission; European Parliament; European Union; Hungarian Socialist Party; Invitech; Magyar Telekom; MSZP; One Albania; One Crna Gora; One Hungary; PPF Group; Rheinmetall; Telenor Montenegro; V-Network; Vodafone Group; Vodafone Hungary; Yettel Magyarország; Yettel Real Estate Hungary.
- Geographic: Albania; Central and eastern Europe; Germany; Hungary; Montenegro.
- People: Bertalan Tóth; Jászai Gellért; Tim Höttges; Viktor Orbán.
- Themes: Acquisition; Criminal complaint; Digital transformation; Energy crisis; Fixed-line customers; IT services; M&A; Mobile customers; Public funds; Share swap; Supplementary tax; Telecoms assets; Telecoms sector; Transformation Programme; Utility tax.
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