The Hungarian telecom and media regulator has ordered Magyar Telekom to stop offering free mobile data traffic for an online video plan, in one of the first cases applying the EU's new net neutrality rules.
The ruling covers the Hungarian operator's 'Korlátlan TV és Film' (Unlimited TV and Film) option, which gives unlimited access for 24 hours to its TV Go service and HBO Go without the traffic being deducted from the customer's plan or any slowdown in speed after using a certain amount of traffic. The regulator NMHH said this was unlawful discrimination against other internet video services, which did not benefit from the same treatment, and as this is a service delivered over the open internet, and not a managed video service, Magyar Telekom was in violation of the EU's net neutrality rules.
The regulator did not impose a sanction, only ordering the operator to stop offering the plan. Magyar Telekom may still appeal the decision.
