MOSCOW, April 12 - RAPSI. The Kosmos-TV satellite television operator expects to settle a dispute with the State Radio Frequency Commission over its September 8, 2011 decision, the court told the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI/rapsinews.ru) on Thursday.

Previously, it was reported that the commission amended its September 8 decision, according to which an LTE tender's successful bidders would have to offset the losses of companies deprived of frequency bands.

In December 2011, Kosmos-TV and Kaskad-TV filed lawsuits with the Moscow Commercial Court to partially cancel the commission's decision. The court combined the two lawsuits into a single proceeding on March 1 as both suits are similar in terms of their causes and arguments.

The commission put up for tender in September 791-862 MHz frequency bands to construct LTE lines sufficient for four operators. Each operator is expected to operate a 30MHz frequency band. Successful bidders will be granted additional 2.5-2.7 GHz and 720-791 MHz frequency bands in the future. The successful bidders will have to convert the frequencies at their own cost. The Communications and Mass Media Ministry estimated the total cost of the frequency conversion at $2 billion or 60 billion rubles.

Each operator will invest at least 15 billion rubles ($480 million).

The State Radio Frequency Commission ordered MTS and Sinterra to give 2,5-2,57 GHz and 2,62-2,69 GHz frequency bands in Moscow to Scartel, the operator of Yota brand, and to successful bidders of 2,5-2,57 GHz and 2,62-2,69 GHz frequency bands, which are currently run by WiMAX. In exchange MTS and Sinterra will obtain 2,57-2,62 GHz frequency bands and will be allowed to arrange LTE-networks in these bands. However, the 4G Consortium earlier said the frequency band is not yet supported by manufacturers.

A tender for 791-862 MHz frequency bands will be held in the first quarter of 2012.