Magdalena Gaj leaves with the regulator – TVN24 BiS

For the Parliamentary Committee on Digitization, Innovation and New Technologies got a request for an appeal Magdalena Gaj, President of the Office of Electronic Communications. Probably she will leave office before the end of his term. The position occupied by 4.5 years.

Magdalena Gaj replaced the president of Anna Streżyńska, which was positively received by the telecommunications companies. He resigned from his post six months before the end of the parliamentary term during which took place the largest auction in the history of Polish communications. Auction LTE also provoked controversy because operators for months fought for reservations for new frequencies. I complained faulty preparation of the auction and its course, which – as argued – has led to high prices of the 800 MHz band representing them serious financial burden. There was even a threat that is unresolved due to errors of a formal nature.

The protests raised among entrepreneurs intervention previous minister of administration and digitization Andrzej Halicki, who by amending the Regulation under which the auction is held, reduced the time the auction. This was to avoid becoming too dragging the auction. According to some operators, this constituted unlawful change the rules during the auction, because the novel de facto turned her into a tender.

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at the end of June. Grove decided ws. Auction frequency of 800 MHz. As a result, Orange is adjacent blocks A and B, P4 (Play) – Block C, and T-Mobile blocks D and E. Both the P4 and T-Mobile announced that they accept the decision of the Office. Grove pointed out that with this decision within 14 days to the state budget should affect another 2.02 billion zł in respect of auction LTE.

Prior to joining the Office of Electronic Communications, Magdalena Gaj was employed in the Office of Telecommunications. Then, she was director of the Office of Electronic Communications – the institution, which replaced the URT. She also worked in the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Ministry of Administration and Digitization. Gaj candidacy for President of UKE was approved by parliament in 2012.