Polkometl no longer bid for LTE

Polkometl (Plus) decided to withdraw from the LTE internet auction and switch to so called passive offer, the company informed in a press release. The firm is convinced that the auction may lead to disturbance of competitiveness and imbalance in the market. Polometl hopes for establishing one or two, equal LTE networks without advantage of any of bidding operators.   The LTE internet auction has been launched on February 10. Included were Orange Polska, P4 (Play), T-Mobile Polska, Hubb Investments, Polkomtel (Plus) and NetMet in bidding and the starting price was PLN 1.6 billion. Now, each of the four operator is bidding for a 800 MHz frequency band coming from the so called digital dividend which includes frequencies derived after the digitization of Polish television. Long Term Evolution (4G LTE)  is a standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data terminals.