**Exhibit 12.1**

**Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of theSarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002**

I, ChristopherMattheisen, certify that:

1.               I have reviewedthis annual report on Form 20-F of Magyar Telekom;

2.               Based on myknowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material factor omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.               Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for,the periods presented in this report;

4.               The Company’s othercertifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and have:

a.) Designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries,is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during theperiod in which this report is being prepared;

b.) Evaluated theeffectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presentedin this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controlsand procedures, as of  the end of theperiod covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

c.) Disclosed in thisreport any change in the Company’s internal control over financial reportingthat occurred during the period covered by the annual report that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’sinternal control over financial reporting; and

5.               The Company’s othercertifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation ofinternal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s auditors and theaudit committee of Company’s board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent function):

a.) All significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financialinformation; and

b.) Any fraud, whether ornot material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
| Date: February 22, 2007                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |   |
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|        |   | By:    |   | /s/ Christopher Mattheisen           |
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|   |   | Name:  |   | Christopher Mattheisen               |
|   |   | Title: |   | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |

 

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