Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
1.1 Need for spectrum economic
approach
1.2 Requirements for national
spectrum management
1.3 Goals and objectives
1.3.1 Radiocommunications
law
1.3.2 National allocation
tables
1.4 Structure and coordination
1.5 Functional responsibilities
1.5.1 Spectrum management
policy and planning/allocation of spectrum
1.5.2 Frequency assignment
and licensing
1.5.3 International
cooperation
1.5.4 Liaison and
consultation
1.5.5 Spectrum engineering
support
1.5.6 Computer support
1.6 Performance of spectrum
management functions
2.1 Background
2.2 Basic principles for financing
national spectrum management
2.2.1 Legal principles
2.2.2 Economic principles
2.2.3 Reality principles
2.2.4 Approaches by
different administrations
2.2.5 Advantages and
disadvantages of these approaches
2.3 Economic approaches used to
promote efficient national spectrum management
2.3.1 Spectrum assignment
methods
2.3.2 Transferable and
flexible spectrum rights
2.3.3 Advantages and
disadvantages of auctions and transferable spectrum rights
2.3.4 Licence fees
2.3.5 Advantages and
disadvantages of fee approaches
2.4 Factors that could affect
various economic approaches
2.4.1 Auctions
2.4.2 Transferable
property rights
2.4.3 Licence fees
2.5 Managing a change in spectrum
management funding
2.5.1 Legal
2.5.2 International
obligations
2.5.3 Funding implications
2.6 Summary
3.1 Background
3.2 Methods of assessing the
spectrum’s economic benefits
3.2.1 GDP and employment
3.2.2 Consumer and
producer surplus
3.2.3 The link between
economic and social benefits
3.2.4 Comparison of the
methods for quantifying economic benefits
3.3 Potential uses for economic
assessment
3.3.1 Applications for
funding spectrum management activities
3.3.2 National frequency
assignment decisions
3.3.3 Changes in spectrum
management national legislation
3.3.4 Support to the
spectrum manager on the operation of auctions
3.3.5 Using economic
assessment to monitor economic performance over time
3.4 Factors affecting benefits
3.4.1 Frequency
availability
3.4.2 Demand
3.4.3 The country’s
geography
3.4.4 Variation from
country to country
3.4.5 Factors which may be
taken into account in an international comparison of fee levels
3.5 Summary
4.1 Formula development
4.2 Guidelines for the establishment
of administrative fees (or administrative charges)
4.2.1 Observations and
general approaches
4.2.2 Rule for the
allocation of administrative costs – Example 1
4.2.3 Rule
for the allocation of administrative costs – Example 2
4.3 Guidelines for the establishment
of spectrum fees
4.3.1 Defining the goals
of the spectrum fees
4.3.2 Demand assessment
for the spectrum
4.3.3 Cost assessment for
the spectrum
4.3.4 Choosing the fees
approach
4.3.5 Determining the fees
4.4 Examples of formulas for fee
calculation
4.4.1 Notations and
definitions of coefficients
4.4.2 Fee applied to a
point-to-point fixed-service assignment
4.4.3 Fee applied to a
point-to-point fixed-service allotment
4.4.4 Fee applied to a
wireless local loop allotment in the fixed service
4.4.5 Fee applied to an
assignment to an earth station in the fixed or mobile-satellite service
4.4.6 Fee applied to an
allotment in the fixed or mobile-satellite service
4.4.7 Fee applied to an
assignment for private networks in the mobile service
4.5 Spectrum fees for frequencies
used in the provision or marketing of services intended for a consumer market
4.5.1 Observations and
general approaches
4.5.2 Example of fees
applied to the 2G mobile service
4.5.3 Example of fees
applied to the 3G mobile service
4.5.4 Another example of
fees applied to the fixed wireless local loop service
4.5.5 Example of fees
applied to a television programme producer
4.6 An analytical model for
calculating license fees on the basis of specified incentives that are designed
to promote efficient spectrum use
4.6.1 General purpose of
the model
4.6.2 Steps in the model
formulation
4.6.3 General principles
for the model development
4.6.4 Expenditures and
income of a state concerning spectrum management
4.6.5 Determination of the
used spectral resource value
4.6.6 Determination of a
time resource used by an emission
4.6.7 Determination of a
territorial resource used by an emission
4.6.8 Determination of a
frequency resource used by an emission
4.6.9 Determination of
weighting coefficients
4.6.10 Determination of
the whole value of the used spectral resource
4.6.11 Price for the
qualified unit of the used spectral resource
4.6.12 Annual fees for
particular frequency assignment
4.7 Procedures and examples of used
spectral resource calculations in application to different radio services
4.7.1 VHF/UHF sound and TV
radio broadcasting calculation procedures
4.7.2 Example of
calculations
4.7.3 LF-HF sound
broadcasting
4.7.4 Mobile radio
services
4.7.5 Maritime mobile
radio service
4.7.6 Aeronautical mobile,
radionavigation and radiolocation services
4.7.7 Examples of
calculations
4.7.8 Earth stations of
satellite communications
4.8 Guidelines on applying new fees
system
5.1 Experience with auctions and
transferable property rights
5.1.1 Australia
5.1.2 Canada
5.1.3 The Russian
Federation’s experience with auctions
5.1.4 New Zealand
5.1.5 United States of
America
5.2 Experience with fees
5.2.1 Australia’s
experience with licence fees
5.2.2 Canada’s experience
with licence fees
5.2.3 China’s experience
with licence fees
5.2.4 Germany’s experience
with spectrum usage fees
5.2.5 Israel’s experience
with licence fees
5.2.6 Experience of the
Kyrgyz Republic on application of licence fees
5.2.7 The Russian
Federation’s experience with licence fees
5.2.8 The United Kingdom’s
experience with licence fees
5.2.9 United States of
America’s experience with licence fees
5.2.10 Brazil’s experience
with spectrum fees
5.2.11 Experience with
spectrum fees – Republic of Korea
5.3 Experience with using
alternative resources
5.3.1 Canada
5.3.2 Germany
5.3.3 Israel
5.3.4 Russian Federation
5.3.5 United States of
America
5.3.6 China’s experience
with alternative resources
5.4 Other experiences
5.4.1 Amateur services
5.4.2 Area and high
density systems
5.4.3 Space services,
orbital use and spectrum fees
References
GLOSSARY
Annex 1
A.1.1 Spectrum Fees
Regulations of the United Arab Emirates
A.1.2 Fees Policy of Cote
D’Ivoire
A. TERRESTRIAL RADIOCOMMUNICATION SERVICES
B. SATELLITE RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS
C. TEMPORAL UTILIZATION OF RADIOELECTRIC
STATIONS
D. OTHER FEES AND TAXES
I. SPECIAL EQUIPMENTS.
II. LICENCE FEES/CERTIFICATE
III. EXAM FEES FOR THE ISSUE OF OPERATOR’S
CERTIFICATE
IV. FEES FOR THE ISSUANCE OF AUTHORIZATIONS
V. TAX FOR INTERVENING IN THE NETWORKS
VI. LABELLING