This page has been designed to provide some background information on spectrum management policy and regulation in general. 

This list of resources is not exhaustive.  If you would like additional related resources to be reflected, please contact Eric Lie at spectrum@itu.int .

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A comprehensive introduction to Spectrum Management in general can be found on the Telecommunications Research Project site hosted by the University of Hong Kong, China.

The website of the Federal Communications Commission of the United States hosts a useful review of Spectrum Management Practices.  

The Australian Communications Authority has made available on its website a comprehensive introduction to Radio frequency planning in Australia.

The European Commission issued a green paper on radio spectrum policy in 1998 and a communication on next steps in radio spectrum policy in 1999 as part of the development of a new policy framework in line with its new directives on electronic communications.

The Radiocommunications Act Review discussion paper contains a good overview of New Zealand's unique system of Radio Spectrum Management.

The Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones in Guatemala, has adopted a unique spectrum allocation system which is described on its website (available in Spanish only).

International Regulatory Aspects of Radio Spectrum Management, Ram S. Jakhu, Centre for the Study of Regulated Industries, McGill University.

Spectrum Management and the Mobile Services Industry, Johannes M. Bauer, Quello Centre for Telecommunications Management and Law, Michigan State University.

Some Economics of Wireless Communications, Yonchai Benkler, Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, Fall 2002.

ITU's Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) undertakes a wide range of activities related to the international radio spectrum. The Radiocommunication Bureau's website provides a good overview of its activities.

The final Acts of the World Radiocommunications Conference 2003 (WRC-03) (provisional)  can be found here (restricted to ITU TIES users). Published versions of Final acts of WRCs are available from ITU here. 

Study Group 1 (SG1) of the ITU-R develops principles and techniques for effective spectrum management and monitoring, spectrum sharing criteria and methods, long-term strategies for spectrum utilization and approaches to national spectrum management

SG1 is also in the process of updating the ITU Handbook of National Spectrum Management which describes spectrum management fundamentals. The current version is available for purchase here.