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Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has authorized the National Commission for Communications Regulation (NCCR) to announce a tender for obtaining licenses for the UMTS (3G) standard communications, Minister of the Cabinet Ostap Semerak has told reporters.

“According to the document we have approved today [the conditions of the tender], the NCCR will have the possibility of announcing a tender, it will last 60 days. In January we will sum up the tender,” he said.

Semerak added that the conditions of the tender for obtaining the license, which the government approved on Nov. 5, will allow maximum competition and the most transparent conducting of the tender.

He also noted that the process of frequency conversion would take place without the elements of corruption.