Magyar Telekom (Reuters: NYSE: MTA.N, BÉT: MTEL.BU and Bloomberg: NYSE: MTA US, BÉT: MTELEKOM HB), the leading Hungarian telecommunications service provider, today announced that due to options exercised as part of the company’s management incentive program the number of treasury shares held by Magyar Telekom declined from 2,532,025 to 2,530,564 as of October 3, 2005 and to 2,520,531 as of October 4, 2005.