(Telecompaper) Hungarian telecommunication regulator NMHH has extended until April 2022 the mobile frequency licences of Telenor, Vodafone and Magyar Telekom. The licences for the 1800 MHz frequency band were to have expired on 7 October 2014, while the licences for the 900 MHz band would have expired on 8 October 2014 (Vodafone) and 8 October 2016 (Telenor and Magyar Telekom). The licence renewal will cost the operators in total HUF 100 billion. The regulator plans to announce a tender for the remaining part of the 900 MHz frequency by the end of this year.