1/02/2008

Polish telecoms regulator eyes new tender for mobile frequencies

(Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) -- Poland's telecom regulator (UKE) is likely to auction off frequencies freed up by the army to 1-2 mobile operators early next year, agency chief Anna Strezynska was quoted as saying today.

'These resources can either be auctioned off, and we can count on the budget receiving substantial cash from two operators who bid for them, or we can conduct a tender for an operator (who will build) infrastructure,' she told daily Gazeta Prawna in an interview.

'(The latter) would be an operator for operators, offering services to other operators. We have not yet decided what to do, but the tender should be announced at the start of 2008.'
Poland's fifth mobile operator, CenterNET, earlier this year beat out bids backed by existing network operators Polkomtel and Centertel, the mobile unit of France Telecom-controlled (NYSE:FTE) TPSA. It plans to launch services in mid-2008.

The launch of Poland's existing fourth operator, Play, earlier this year has helped squeeze prices for consumers.
Source: Patrick Graham, money.cnn.com



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