Spectrum Auctions Dossier
Spectrum Auctions Dossier
Key takeaways:
As 6G and satellite services continue to grow in importance, what does the future hold for spectrum auctions?
6G
auction
Thinking around spectrum auctions is changing fast. The next cycle of awards for 6G will likely look different to many of today’s contests.
auction
SMRA
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…
spectrum auctions
Use our Auctions Tracker to see progress in upcoming auctions and review recent assignments. You can search by band, country, region and status.
Cashless auction
spectrum auction
Regulators opting for cashless auction elements seek to achieve connectivity goals in addition to efficient spectrum assignment.
auction
CCA
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…
spectrum auctions
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…
ACA
CCA
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…
auction
BNetza
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…
37 GHz
39 GHz
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.
Cambini
Cave
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?