LTE tender drew PLN 9.23 bln in bids

Poland's auction of LTE frequencies has ended, it raised PLN 9.23 billion in bids, nearly six times more than expected, informed UKE, the regulator. Five 800 Mhz blocks and 14 blocks of 2.6 GHz were put up for sale, each bidder could buy up to two 800 MHz blocks and four 2.6 GHz. Orange, Deutsche Telekom, Cyfrowy Polsat and P4 were bidding. UKE didn't say who won the blocks, but P4 issued a statement saying that it bought one 800 MHz block and four 2.6 GHz blocks. The auction has recently stirred up controversy after Internal Minister Andrzej Halicki decided to set a deadline for the auction to close, after it dragged on for months. P4 and Polsat Cyfrowy opposed the decision saying they might take legal actions against Poland.