KYIV, Feb 7 – The National Commission for Communications and Informatization Regulation (NCCR) of Ukraine has allowed mobile operators to begin eliminating fragmentation of the radio frequency spectrum in the 824-960 MHz bands aiming at further transforming the operators' licenses to launch 4G communication (LTE) in the indicated bands.

"The regulator gives a start to the redistribution of frequency channels by deciding on the licenses of Kyivstar, Vodafone Ukraine, lifecell, and Intertelecom. In fact, the number of licenses from more than 90 is being transformed into several licenses, and the existing highly fragmented spectrum of the 900 MHz range will be changed to a coherent picture of frequency assignments, where each operator will receive a band of sufficient width to launch LTE technology," Bohdana Piven, assistant to the head of the commission, said.