UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 20, 2007

                       HUNGARIAN TELEPHONE AND CABLE CORP.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

          Delaware                   1-11484                     13-3652685
(State or Other Jurisdiction       (Commission                  (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)            File Number)              Identification No.)

                         1201 Third Avenue, Suite #3400
                         Seattle, Washington 98101-3034
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                                 (206) 654-0204
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                 Not applicable
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure *

Hungarian Telephone and Cable Corp. ("HTCC") issued a press release today
announcing the expected closing date of the Invitel transaction and the interest
rate and maturity date of the floating rate senior notes ("Notes") to be issued
by HTCC Holdco II, B.V., which is a company incorporated under the laws of the
Netherlands and a subsidiary of HTCC.

The Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any state securities laws, and
unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States except
pursuant to an exemption therefrom, or in a transaction not subject to the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities
laws.

This report contains forward-looking statements as that term is described in the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those projected in these statements. Further
information on factors that could affect the Registrant's financial and other
results is included in the Registrant's recent filings with the SEC.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits*

          (d)  Exhibits

               99.1 Press release dated April 20, 2007.




* The information furnished under Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K,
including the exhibit attached hereto under Item 9.01, shall not be deemed to be
"filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under
the Securities Act of 1933, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly
set forth by specific reference in such filing.


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                                    SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                             HUNGARIAN TELEPHONE AND CABLE CORP.


Date: April 20, 2007                         By: /s/ Peter T. Noone
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                                                 Peter T. Noone
                                                 General Counsel


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                       HUNGARIAN TELEPHONE AND CABLE CORP.
                                  Exhibit Index


    Exhibit           Description of Document
    Number

     99.1             Press Release dated April 20, 2007


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