MADRID, March 25 (Reuters) - Spain's High Court on

Monday suspended its own order that was set to block messaging

app Telegram's services in the country as it awaits a police

report on the impact the temporary ban would have on users.

On Friday, Judge Santiago Pedraz had agreed to suspend

Telegram's services in Spain while investigating claims by

several media companies that the app was allowing users to

upload their content without permission. The suspension was due

to come into effect on Monday.

But Pedraz on Monday decided to halt the order's enforcement

and instead commissioned a report by national police on

Telegram's "characteristics as well as on the impact (the

temporary suspension) may have on its users", according to a

court statement.

Media firms including Atresmedia, Mediaset

, EGEDA and Telefonica have sued Telegram

over what they describe as continued copyright infringement on

the app. Telegram has declined to comment on the allegations.

During his investigation, Pedraz requested information on

the identities of users suspected of illegally sharing protected

content from the Virgin Islands, a British overseas territory in

the Caribbean where Telegram, founded by Russian-born

billionaire Pavel Durov, is registered as a business.

The court said authorities there failed to comply with its

request.

Spanish consumers' association FACUA said it welcomed "the

fact that the reactions to his measure have led the magistrate

to reflect on the enormous impact it would have" and hoped that

the police report would lead him to revoke the order.

Telegram is the fourth most-used messaging service in Spain,

according to competition watchdog CNMC. It was used by nearly

19% of Spaniards surveyed by CNMC.