BIDS FOR NEW CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK CONCESSION OPENED

( Editorial: --> 2201 ) ZAGREB, June 18 (Hina) - The Telecommunications Council will by September 15 at the latest decide who will be the concessionary of another cellular communication network in Croatia. The Council Thursday opened bids submitted for a concession granting international tender. Bids were sent in by 19 corporate bodies. According to Telecommunications Council president Dominik Filipovic, valid bids were sent in by four firms. These are Caib, which includes Vecernji List daily, Ingra, Croatia's Post Bank, Mobilcom from Austria, and Wireless International from the United States; Zagitel, in association with Zagreb Bank, oil company INA, Deutsche Telecom from Germany and Westel 9000 from Hungary; Enconet International, in association with the Croatian Power Utility Company, the Zagreb-based Transmission Line, the Faculty of Electronics and Computing from Zagreb, ELKA, the Koncar Electronics Institute, Metroholding, Elektroprojekt, Brodomerkur from Split and Novalic from Osijek; and the Istanbul-based Rumeli Telekom from Turkey, in association with Glumina Bank and the Osijek City Bank. Filipovic said the new cellular communication network should begin working in a year. At present Croatian Post and Telecommunications is the owner of the sole Croatian cellular communication network. (hina) ha jn 181820 MET jun 98