The txtr beagle ebook reader can be purchased from today on the Telekom website (www.t-mobile.hu/lakossagi/akciok/akcio/1312_konyvolvaso

Alternatively consumers can buy the txtr beagle online with a HUF 0 down-payment and 24 interest-free monthly instalments or at list price for HUF 17,928 including a 10% web shop discount. The device will also be available in the main Telekom shops* from December 18th, and in all Telekom shops from mid-January. There, the txtr beagle can be purchased for HUF 19,920, while gold and platinum customers can buy it for HUF 0 down-payment and 12 monthly instalments of HUF 1,660.

The txtr beagle features an eye-friendly e-ink display, low energy consumption and is simple to use, thus being an excellent alternative to paper books. Ebooks can easily be transferred from the user’s smartphone or tablet (compatibility: Android 2.1 and up, as well as iOS 6 and 7) to the txtr beagle via Bluetooth using the txtr app. The txtr beagle can store five ebooks at once, but it is possible to replace existing ebooks with new ones any time, without generating data traffic.

Getting started is simple: users can create a free user account on the Telekom txtr ebook service (http://hu.txtr.com/

The Telekom ebook store was launched in partnership with txtr (http://hu.txtr.com/http://hu.txtr.com/devices/

The txtr ebook top list in Hungary is led by the books of Tamás Frei titledThe Year of ChaosandWar of the Political Elite.

About Magyar Telekom

Magyar Telekom is the principal provider of telecom services in Hungary. It provides a full range of telecommunications and infocommunications (ICT) services including fixed line and mobile telephony, data transmission and non-voice as well as IT and systems integration services. Magyar Telekom is the majority owner of Makedonski Telekom, the leading fixed line and mobile operator in Macedonia and it holds a majority stake in Crnogorski Telekom, the leading telecommunications operator in Montenegro. Magyar Telekom’s majority shareholder (59.2%) is Deutsche Telekom AG. For further information visitwww.telekom.hu

About txtr:

txtr is a leading European ebook retailer and e-reading solutions provider. The txtr international ebook catalogue has over 1.3 million commercial titles. With ebooks in 9 languages, in the standard EPUB and PDF formats, txtr is aiming to make e-reading accessible for all. txtr supports e-reading for iOS, Android and Windows 8, PC and Mac.

*In Budapest in shopping malls Allee, Árkád (level 2), Mammut (level 1), MOM, Pólus Center and Westend, as well as on Budafoki street, and in the countryside Telekom shops in Debrecen (Piac str. 26), in Miskolc (Széchenyi István str. 36), in Székesfehérvár (Alba Plaza) and in Szombathely (Fő square 17).