• Assignment and use of radio spectrum – policy guidelines and economic aspects
  • Foreword
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1 Economic, technical and social principles governing assignment and use of the spectrum
    • 1.1 Concept of radio-frequency spectrum
    • 1.2 Management of the radio-frequency spectrum
    • 1.3 General principles of radio-frequency spectrum management
  • 2 Radio-frequency spectrum assignment models
    • 2.1 Auctions
    • 2.2 The concept of secondary market
    • 2.3 Spectrum sharing
    • 2.4 Conclusion
  • 3 Economic and market-related aspects to consider when assigning and using radio spectrum
    • 3.1 Spectrum valuation methodologies
    • 3.2 Estimating economic value of unlicensed spectrum (common use bands)
    • 3.3 International examples of spectrum valuation
    • 3.4 Economic and social benefit
  • 4 Principles of public and regulatory policy governing the assignment and use of the radio spectrum
    • 4.1 Demand for spectrum
    • 4.2 The digital dividend
    • 4.3 Methodology for valuing the digital dividend
  • 5 Guidelines on assigning and using radio spectrum
    • 5.1 The importance of defining the national economic and social development goals that must be pursued in spectrum assignment and use
    • 5.2 Requirement for long-term planning in assigning and using spectrum based on economic impact analysis
    • 5.3 Using long-term planning as an analytical framework to facilitate tactical decisions as a means of adapting to changes in the environment
    • 5.4 Long-term planning and tactical adjustments must determine how much spectrum to distribute and how many operators must participate in a national market
    • 5.5 Carefully defining a suitable auction model
    • 5.6 Considering the development of secondary markets
    • 5.7 Consideration of alternative approaches to allow efficient spectrum use
    • 5.8 Developing internal capacity of the spectrum management authority to estimate the economic value of spectrum
    • 5.9 Consideration of the fact that, if auctions are used for frequency assignment, lack of transparency may affect the estimated economic value
    • 5.10 Continually implementing economic analysis to maximize the economic and social benefits of appropriate spectrum management
    • 5.11 Implementing changes regarding organization and human resources in order to build analytical capacity within the spectrum management body
  • 6 Conclusions
  • Bibliography