Play begins construction of new LTE network

Telecommunications operator Play has paid the State Treasury over 1,7 billion PLN for the acquisition of a block of 800 and 2600 MHz frequencies in order to build a modern LTE network in Poland, the company announced in a dispatch on Monday. "Play expects that by the end of March, over 200 LTE base stations should be constructed and in operation," the dispatch read. That number is meant to exceed 1000 by the half-year mark.