Negotiations continue behind closed doors in Nadi between the interim government and ATH on compensation for the exclusive licenses held by Vodafone, FINTEL and Telecom Fiji Limited.

ATH Chief Executive Tomasi Vakatora when contacted in the last hour confirmed that they expect to hold talks throughout the day.

He reiterated that they are bound by protocols for mediations that they have signed, to maintain confidentiality on negotiations.

It has been confirmed that an official from the World Bank is acting as a mediator in the talks.

Meanwhile, the Interim Minister for Communication Taito Waradi had earlier said that they were optimistic an agreement would be reached with ATH this weekend which would allow the interim government to announce the successful bidders for the mobile service licenses after the cabinet meeting on Tuesday.