Orange to partner P4 for LTE tender in Poland

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A joint venture has been planned by Polish mobile operators P4 (Play) and Orange Poland for participation in the tender for Long Term Evolution (LTE) spectrum rights. An application has already been filed to the national competition watchdog UOKiK by the operators for clearance of the cooperation.

The tender for two frequency blocks of 35MHz each in the 2.6GHz frequency band is expected to be announced in the next few weeks. Operators have opined that the blocks are much too large for the needs of a single operator and suggested the regulator may want to see more cooperation in the industry.

According to Orange, it will take a final decision on whether to partner with Play after it receives the competition regulator’s opinion and the tender details are published.