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Mobile overtakes fixed: Licensing & Spectrum
This page has been designed to provide some background information on the relationship between mobile and fixed-line communications. 

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Other online resources:
Interconnection
International roaming
Pricing and billing
Competition in mobile markets
Licensing and spectrum policy
Mobile data communications
Consumer protection and privacy

 
Regulatory Material
Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Towards the Full Roll-Out of Third Generation Mobile Communications
European Commission, Comparative assessment of the licensing regimes for 3G mobile communications in the European Union and their impact on the mobile communication sector, Annex, June 2002

European Union, Legislation: A radio spectrum policy for Europe

ART, Position of the Autorité de régulation des télécommunications on infrastructure sharing on third generation mobile networks , 10 December 2001

ART, WiFi: ART adopts the texts allowing the use of wireless LANs , 7 November 2002

FCC, FCC allocates spectrum for advanced wireless services and proposes licensing and service rules, November 7, 2002

FCC, Broadband migration III: New directions in wireless policy, Remarks of Michael K. Powell, Chairman Federal Communications Commission, at the Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program, University of Colorado at Boulder, October 30, 2002

Academic Resources

MVNO regulation: weak or strong? Lessons from experience, Pérez Saiz, Hector/ De Sande Caldera, Juan Miguel/ Castejón Martín, Luis , ITS Europe 2002

Software Radio: Implications for Wireless Services, Lehr, William, MIT & Columbia University, USA
Merino, Fuencisla, MIT - Research Program on Internet and Telecoms Convergence, USA, Eisner Gillett, Sharon, MIT - Research Program on Internet and Telecoms Convergence, USA

Related Material

New America Foundation, Open spectrum: the new wireless paradigm, Kevin Werbach, October 2002

Wi-Fi: A New Bridge for the Digital Divide?, Scott Foster, International Development Research Center

WiFi goes to Washington, McKinsey Quarterly

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Saving costs on 3G rollout: The network sharing alternative, Olivier Gouteix

TIA Europe, 3G network infrastructure sharing in EU: status in some EU countries at 15 October 2001

ITU Resources
ITU Internet Report 2002: Internet for a mobile generation
New Initiatives Workshop 'Licensing policy for 3G mobile'

Background Paper: "Mobile Overtakes Fixed: Implications for Policy and Regulation", ITU 2003,

 

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