New kid on the block wins wireless telecoms channels bid

E-internets, a Częstochowa-based company has won a tender run by the Office for Telecommunications and Post Regulation (URTiP) for the 3.6-3.8 Ghz radio frequencies which will be used to build wireless telecommunication networks covering the whole country. E-internets is a company which has not started operating yet and is virtually unknown on the market. "A newly established company has won. I am convinced it is financially credible. If this turns out not to be the case, then we have the possibility to take the frequencies away," stated URTiP's president Witold Graboś. E-internets offered zł.1.4 million for the reservation of one transmission channel while the other tender participants, PTC and NASK, offered just zł.619,000 and zł.650,500 respectively. E-internets and PTC will probably receive four transmission channels while NASK will get just two. The companies plan to use the channels to provide broadband access to the Internet and for data transmission. (Puls Biznesu, p. 6; Parkiet, p. 9) E.B.