Balázs Martos, a pioneer of the Hungarian Internet and one of the founders and permanent honorary president of BIX and the Council of Internet Service Providers, passed away on June 13, 2026, at the age of 74.

The Council of Hungarian Internet Service Providers as the owner and operator of BIX - Budapest Internet Exchange, announces a public call for tenders for connecting two BIX nodes in Budapest to two data centers in Frankfurt with a bandwidth of 400 Gbps each as well as colo services in Frankfurt. Please find the details in the document below.