Exhibit 24



Power of Attorney of Hungarian Telephone and Cable Corp. Director



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director of Hungarian Telephone and Cable Corp., a Delaware corporation, which will
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 2003 on Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints, William T. McGann and Peter T. Noone his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them with full power to act without the others, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 29thday of March 2004.



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|DARYL A. FERGUSON       
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|/s/    Daryl A. Ferguson
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Power of Attorney of Hungarian Telephone and Cable Corp. Director



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director of Hungarian Telephone and
Cable Corp., a Delaware corporation, which will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 2003 on Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints, William T.
McGann and Peter T. Noone his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them with full power to act without the others, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and any and
all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any
and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and any of them
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 29thday of March 2004.



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|THOMAS GELTING        
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|/s/     Thomas Gelting
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Power of Attorney of Hungarian Telephone and Cable Corp. Director



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director of Hungarian Telephone and
Cable Corp., a Delaware corporation, which will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 2003 on Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints, William T.
McGann and Peter T. Noone his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them with full power to act without the others, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and any and
all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any
and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and any of them
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 29th day of March 2004.



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|TORBEN V. HOLM       
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|/s/    Torben V. Holm
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Power of Attorney of Hungarian Telephone and Cable Corp. Director



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director of Hungarian Telephone and
Cable Corp., a Delaware corporation, which will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 2003 on Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints, William T.
McGann and Peter T. Noone his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them with full power to act without the others, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and any and
all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any
and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and any of them
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 29thday of March 2004.



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|JOHN B. RYAN       
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|/s/    John B. Ryan
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Power of Attorney of Hungarian Telephone and Cable Corp. Director



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director of Hungarian Telephone and
Cable Corp., a Delaware corporation, which will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 2003 on Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints, William T.
McGann and Peter T. Noone his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them with full power to act without the others, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and any and
all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any
and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and any of them
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 29thday of March 2004.



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|WILLIAM E. STARKEY       
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|/s/    William E. Starkey
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Power of Attorney of Hungarian Telephone and Cable Corp. Director



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director of Hungarian Telephone and
Cable Corp., a Delaware corporation, which will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 2003 on Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints, William T.
McGann and Peter T. Noone his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them with full power to act without the others, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and any and
all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any
and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and any of them
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 29thday of March 2004.



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|LEONARD TOW       
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|/s/    Leonard Tow
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