by Dianne Northfield
As nations around the world continue to assign spectrum for private localised use, there is interest in a wide range of bands and significant fragmentation across frequency ranges targeted within bands and across countries and regions. There is also wide variance in the amount of spectrum that different countries are… Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
While different stakeholders continue to lobby for and against spectrum set-asides for private networks, PolicyTracker’s updated private networks benchmark shows that a growing number of policy planners around the world are assigning dedicated spectrum resources. This Research Note highlights different stakeholder positions on set-asides and examines the policy objectives driving… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
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by Dugie Standeford
Increasing concern about a lack of investment in telecoms networks, the high costs associated with 5G and the need to improve rural coverage are chipping away at the spectrum auctions hegemony. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
From around 2008 to 2013, several spectrum administrations around the world chose the combinatorial clock auction (CCA) format to allocate spectrum. Fast forward just a few years, and the CCA seems to have fallen out of favour. Why? Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Auction formats serve many masters. They started simple but failed to satisfy the flexibility requirement. By giving bidders more options, they became more complex. The most recent trend is back towards simpler formats. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
In the long history of spectrum assignment, auctions are a relatively new arrival, having begun in earnest around the start of the new millennium. Why did they become the new normal? Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Beauty contests often end up in the courts but auctions don't, so the conventional wisdom goes. But looking more closely we find that legal action over auctions is a fairly frequent occurrence. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Incentive auctions, in which spectrum holders are encouraged to relinquish their frequencies in return for a share of the proceeds, remain unique to the United States. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Over the past 20 years academics and economists have attempted to answer the question: are auction fees passed onto end-users in the form of higher pricing? Read more...