The Czech Telecommunications Office should today (at 10 am CET) open envelopes with Eurotel’s and RadioMobil’s bids for domestic UMTS licenses. It is expected that the bids will be close to the minimum CZK 3.5 bil. price per license. One of the three offered licenses has also GSM spectrum, and one of the two bidders may have bid somewhat more than CZK 3.5 bil. to secure this particular license. Cesky Mobil, the third Czech mobile operator, did not bid. Licenses should be awarded on December 14. Neutral, unless there is another outcome (invalid bids, etc.).
(Ondrej Datka)