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ITU Survey on Radio Spectrum Management Print E-mail
Written by Olga Cavalli   
Monday, 05 February 2007
ITUThe ITU survey on Radio Spectrum Management, conducted by a team from the Strategy and Policy Unit (SPU) is now available for download. The survey presents information on important issues relating to spectrum management policies, provides details about authorities responsible for radio frequency allocation and other initiatives that have been undertaken around spectrum management.

This report was one of the several resources made available for the Market Mechanisms for Spectrum Management workshop organised under the ITU's Shaping Tomorrow’s Networks Programme. This event was held in Geneva from 22 to 23 January 2007 at ITU Headquarters, and was organized by ITU and the Ugo Bordoni Foundation. The workshop's main objective was to identify global trends and best practices in radio spectrum management.

Several thematic background papers prepared for the workshop have been made available online. Among them, a contribution by Roberto Ercole, Optimising Spectrum for Future Mobile Service Needs, explains how mobility will continue to be a strong driver for mobile services and spectrum demand. Ercole notes that Europe is in a transition phase from a control system of spectrum to a more liberalised spectrum market, and analyes the role of GSM in increasing the economic welfare of countries, providing jobs and tax revenues.

The paper includes mobile data services growth and mobile services availability projections, 3G handsets penetration until 2009, fixed mobile voice traffic substitution and a case study on spectrum harmonisation in Europe and fragmentation in the US. Ercole asserts the importance of mobile services for economic efficiency and growth in developing markets. He concludes that the availability of broadband access promotes productivity and efficiency, and can produce a multiplier effect on investment and economic wealth.

Conference website:
ITU Workshop on Market Mechanisms for Spectrum Management

22 to 23 January 2007
ITU Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/stn/spectrum/index.html

ITU Survey on Spectrum Management
Written by Marco Obiso, Cristina Bueti, Rochi Koirala and Lorenzo Mele
International Telecommunication Union

Optimising Spectrum for Future Mobile Service Needs
Written by Roberto Ercole

Conference Presentations are now available for download.

The following background papers are available for download:

"Regulatory and Policy Implications of Emerging Technologies to Spectrum Management"
Written by Fréderic Pujol, IDATE

"Market Allocation of Radio Spectrum"
Written by Thomas W. Hazlett and Coleman Bazelon

"European Spectrum Management: Successes, Failures & Lessons"
Written by Ewan Sutherland

"Emerging Technology and Spectrum Policy Reform"
Written by Jon Peha

"Space-Centric Management: A General Solution for Equitable Access to Radio Spectrum Space under Conditions of Flexible Use"
Written by Michael Whittaker

"Beyond Licensed VS. Unlicensed: Spectrum Access Rights Continua"
Written by  Robert Horvitz

"The Pricing of Radio Spectrum Using Incentive Mechanisms to Achieve Efficiency"
Written by Chris Doyle