This module will build on the introductory material covered
in the Spectrum Policy 1 course, looking at how new ideas on spectrum policy are
being applied to in practice in key current areas of debate.
Session topics
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Key liberalisation dilemmas: auctions, broadcasting and the public sector
- The digital dividend
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Policies for whitespace and cognitive radio
Trainers:
Richard Womersley
Richard
Womersley has an honours degree in Electrical and Electronic
Engineering accompanied by over 15 years consulting, operational and
business experience in the fields of radio spectrum management, public
telecoms and digital broadcasting. He is an experienced trainer and has
conducted consultancy projects for regulators, operators, governments
and end-users on issues covering national and international policy;
regulation and its implications; pricing, auctions and licensing;
service and technology roll-out; and interference. His work has spanned
Europe (including the European Commission, EBU, Ofcom and the UK
Government), the Middle East, the Caribbean, the Americas, Africa,
South Asia, East Asia and Australasia.
Martin Sims
Martin Sims is a journalist and academic who specialises in
communications policy issues. He set up PolicyTracker, the spectrum
policy newsletter and has published articles on many facets of the
subject. His work has been published in academic journals and books and
he is a former editor of Intermedia, the policy journal of the
International Institute of Communications. As a journalist he was a
news editor in independent radio then worked for BBC network news. He
has an honours degree and a masters degree in communication studies and
lectures at the University of East London.
