UPDATE 1-Czech telecom office accepts all bids in 4G auction
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PRAGUE, Oct 5 (Reuters) - The Czech Telecommunication Officehas accepted all four bids it received for a planned sale offrequencies for fourth-generation mobile telephone networks,including one from a possible new market player, it said onFriday.
German group T-Mobile , Spanish companyTelefonica's Czech unit Telefonica CR ,British operator Vodafone , and Czech financial firmPPF's unit PPF Mobile Services all applied.
The firms will move on in the tender, and final decisions ongranting licences will come by the end of 2012.
The telecom office estimates the sale of the frequencieswill raise several billions of crowns for state coffers, withadditional revenue coming from yearly fees.
(Reporting by Jan Korselt and Jason Hovet; Editing by HelenMassy-Beresford)
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Keywords: CZECH TELECOMS/AUCTION