KIEV, Nov. 27 – The National Communications Regulatory Commission unanimously decided on Friday to suspend its upcoming 3G license tender.

The commission received instructions from the Public Prosecutor General's Office to cancel the 3G license tender scheduled for Nov. 27, until the Defense Ministry, the Transport and Communications Ministry, and Public Prosecutor General's Office carry out the conversion of the radiofrequency (RF) bands in keeping with the RF resource law and government resolutions in effect.

On Nov. 25, President Viktor Yushchenko decided to suspend a Nov. 11, 2009 cabinet resolution on RF conversion for 3G, which again cast doubt on the lawfulness of the first 3G license tender, which was scheduled for Nov. 27, 2009.