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Austroads Research Report  AP-R382-11.pdf


An Academic overview of a controversial current spectrum policy thinking: The Spectrum Property and Commons
Models debate  - by Jon M. Peha Approaches to Spectrum Sharing:



Spectrum Management in Australia - an international perspective from Fabio Leite of the ITU

Spectrum Management for a Converging World: Case Study on Australia


ACA Spectrum Planning Paper From DC to Daylight


Broadband Spectrum

ACMA Public Discussion Paper  Strategies for Wireless Access Services


Satellite Notification Requirements;

Satellite Regulation in the USA    Connecting the Globe

How Canada does satellite notification .  Spectrum Management and Telecommunications.


Various Spectrum Planning topics - links provided by the ITU


1.8 GHz and 800 MHz Band Spectrum Licence Allocation - Area Maps and Boundary Coordinates

A Comparative Analysis of Spectrum Management Regimes


A Comparative Analysis of Spectrum Management Regimes


A Proposal for a Rapid Transition to Market Allocation of Spectrum


A Proposal for a Rapid Transition to Market Allocation of Spectrum, Federal Communications Commission, November 2002


Access to Spectrum/Orbit Resources and Principles of Spectrum Management


AN ECONOMIC STUDY TO REVIEW SPECTRUM PRICING


An Essay on Airwave Allocation Policy, 2004 (Need for Reform)


Antenna Fundamentals


Are spectrum auctions ruining our grandchildren’s future? The Journal of Policy, Regulation and Strategy for Telecommunication Information and Media, Camford Publishing Ltd



Auction for Fixed Wireless Access Individual Licenses - Summary of Invitation to Tender


AUCTION OF WIRELESS BROADBAND SPECTRUM RIGHTS


Auctioning of Spectrum for Third Generation Mobile Services (3G) -


Australia - The Telecommunications Act, 1997


Australia: Radio Frequency Spectrum Plan


Australia_Data on Spectrum Auction Results


Background paper - Radio Spectrum Management for a Converging World


Bahrain- Invitation to Apply for Second Mobile Licence

Bidders Manual


Botswana: The National Broadcast Board


Breaking the Chains: Unlicensed Spectrum as a Last-Mile Broadband Solution, New America Foundation, Spectrum Policy Program, Spectrum Series working Paper No.7, June 2003


Briefing to Industry and Analysts on the Hong Kong 3G Auction


Canada - Radiocommunication Act


Canada: Restricted Operator's Certificate (Maritime)

Canada: A Guide to calculating Radio Licence Fees

Canada: Industry Canada, Radio Frequency Spectrum Standards, 2005

Canada: National Table of Frequency Allocations

Canada: Radio Station Licensing Procedure for Radiocommunication Service Providers, 2002

Canada: Radiocommunication Regulations, 2002

Canada: Standard Radio Systems

Canada: Standards and Certification of Radio Apparatus and Electronic Equipment Used in Canada

Canadian Municipalities and Regulation of Radio Antennae and their Support Structures, 1987


Cayman Islands - Information and Communications Technology Authority - The Public Consultation Process


CEPT: Refarming and Secondary Trading in a Changing Radio Communications World: Executive Summary


Chapter 2 of the 2005 Edition of the National Spectrum Management Handbook


CITEL_Radio Amateur Permits Agreement


Comments of 37 Concerned Economists (Federal Communication Commission 2001)


Comments on Auctioning of Spectrum for 3G Mobile services - Proposed Rules on Connected Bidders


CTU Workshop: Administrative and Market Methods for Assignment, 2006


Current and Future Spectrum Use by the Energy, Water and Railroad Industries


De-regulating the spectrum - Implications for Technology, 1999


Designing property rights for the operation of spectrum markets, 2003


Economic Case for Unlicensed Spectrum Below 3GHz


Economic Versus Technical Approaches to Frequency Management Telecommunications Policy


Electromagnetic Compatibility - the EMC Directive 89/336/EEC, 1992


EU: Mutual Recognition Agreements

Europe: Fixed Wireless Access, Spectrum engineering & Frequency Management Qualitative Guidelines

European Commission Communication on Next Steps in Radio Spectrum Policy, European Commission, 10 November 1999

European Commission Green Paper on Radio Spectrum PolicyGreen Paper on Radio Spectrum Policy in the Context of European Community Policies such as Telecommunications, Broadcasting, Transport, and R&D. COM (98) 596 final, 9 December 1998

European Union: Telecommunications equipment and Mutual Recognition Agreement


Facilitating Spectrum Management Reform via Callable/Interruptible Spectrum


FCC Spectrum policy task force Staff Working Group Paper Report of the Interference Protection Working Group, 2002.


FCC Staff Study Report on NTIA’s Study of Current and Future Spectrum Use by the Energy, Water and Railroad industries


FCC, Amendment of Parts 2 and 90 of the Commission’s Rules to Provide for Narrowband Private Land Radio Mobile Channels in the 150.05-150.8 MHz, 162-174 MHz, and 406.1-420 MHz Bands that are Allocated for Federal Government Use


Fees and Application Guidelines for Telecommunications/Radiocommunications Equipment Type Approval.


Final report for the European Commission, Study on conditions and options in introducing secondary trading of radio spectrum in the European Community, Summary of the Report, May 2004


Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Spectrum engineering & Frequency Management Guidelines


FR Radiation and Electromagnetic Field Safety, Hand Book of Radio Amateurs


Framework for Spectrum Auctions in Canada


Frequency Open Policy in Japan


General Spectrum License for Radiocommunications Systems Related to the Integrated Licensing Regime


Group on Telecommunications Report - Mechanism of Spectrum Management


Group on Telecommunications Report - Opportunity Costs Affecting Spectrum Utilization, Group on Telecommunications – India


Guatemala - Spectrum Trading


Guatemala: The Guatemalan Experience, 2005


Harmonized Standards Institute


High Bids and Broke winners


Hong Kong: Consultation on Spectrum Reform (refarming), 2006

Hong Kong: Equipment Evaluation and Certification Scheme

Hong Kong: OFTA, Frequency Bands for Broadband Wireless Applications, 2006


How (Not) to Run Auctions: the European 3G Telecom Auctions, European Econ. Rev., November 2001


How to Apply for Type Approval or Type Acceptance of Radio Equipment


IEEE: Broadband Wireless Access, Standards Development


IEEE: Radio Resource Management in Future Wireless Networks: Requirements and Limitations


Impact of the Regulator's Independence on the Telecommunications Industry


India: Consultation Paper on: Efficient Utilization, Spectrum Allocation, and Spectrum Pricing, 2004


India: International Regulatory Aspects of Radio Spectrum Management


India: Spectrum Auctions - Lessons from Experience, Telecommunications Policy (issue 25), 2005


India: TRAI Allocation and Pricing of 3G and BWA Spectrum - A consultation report, 2006


Ireland- Consultation Paper – Future Regulation of Electronic Communications Networks and Services: Arrangements for General Authorisations


Ireland: Use of Unlicensed Spectrum in Rural Applications


ITU Radio Regulations: Article I, Section VI – Characteristics of Emissions and Radio Equipment


ITU Workshop - Radio Spectrum - Briefing paper

ITU/BDT: GREX Seminar on Spectrum Reform: Administrative Methods, Extract of Presentation given by Dale Hatfield, 2006

ITU: ARTICLE 16, International Monitoring, Radio Regulations 2004

ITU: Low Power Devices - Regulatory Issues, 2004

ITU: Radio Regulations, 2004

ITU: Radio Regulations, 2004

ITU: Spectrum Management Systems for Developing Countries, 2006

ITU-D Study Groups - Recalibration of Radio Monitoring Equipment, August 2000


ITU-R Report SM.2015 on Methods for Determining National Long-Term Strategies for Spectrum Utilization


Japan: Radio License Procedures and System for Conformity


Kenya: Table of Radio Frequency Allocations, 2002


Leadership and the Independent Regulator, Public Utilities Research Centre, University of Florida


Lesotho- Proposal for Licensing Procedures: Consultation Document


Lessons from the Spectrum Auctions and Beauty Contests , V.


Licence Award Process for the Provision of 3G (UMTS) and 2G (GSM/DCS) Mobile Services - Information Memorandum


Marketplace Readiness of Narrowband/Broadband Wireless Access Systems in the 2.3 and 3.4 GHz Spectrum Bands


Mauritius - Broadband Wireless Access Consultation


Mauritius: Type Approval Guidelines


Maximum Exposure Levels to Radiofrequency Fields 3KHz - 300GHz


Mobile Telecommunications and Economic Growth: London Business School, John Cabot U, and U of T, May 2005


Modelling the Efficiency Properties of Spectrum Management Regimes


Much Ado About Bandwidth


New Zealand: 3G Spectrum Caps


New Zealand: Radio Standards, Radio Spectrum Management


Next Steps in Radio Spectrum Policy, European Commission, 10 November 1999

Nextwave Supreme Court Victory Ends Five-Year Struggle Over U.S. Wireless Spectrum Auction Rules, Telecomfinance (issue 99), March 2003


Nigeria: Communications Act 2003

Nigeria: NCC Closes Down Illegal Wireless Operators in Nigeria, Global Insight, 2003

Nigerian Regulator Confiscates Bourdex Equipment for Frequency Infringements, Global Insight, World Markets Research Centre, July 2005

Not a “Tool Kit”: Practitioner’s Guide to Measuring the Performance of Public Programs


Ofcom. Spectrum pricing. A statement on proposals for setting Wireless

Act prices, 2005.


Organization Plan Report, Telecommunication Authority Suriname


Overcoming Agoraphobia: Building the Commons of the Digitally Networked Environment


Policy on Service Standards for External Fees


Practical Steps to Spectrum Markets, Telecommunications Policy, Volume 27, Issue 7, August 2003, Pages 479-480


Procedural Manual for Bidders, Phase 1

Procedural Manual for Bidders, Phase 3


Radiocommunications (Radio Standards) Notice 2005 No. 2


Radiocommunications (Spectrum Licence Allocation) Determination 1998 - Setting of Entry Fee and Eligibility Payment


Radiocommunications Act


Radiocommunications Inquiry Report, Productivity Commission, Australia, 2002 especially Chapter 2 and 4


Real-time Secondary Markets for Spectrum, Telecommunications Policy, Volume 28, Issues 7-8, August-September 2004, Pages 603-618.


Regulation on Collective Frequencies for License-Exempt Radio Transmitters and on their Use


Replacement of Part 90 by Part 88 to Revise the Private Land Mobile Radio Services and Modify the Policies Governing Them and Examination of Exclusivity and Frequency Assignments Policies of the Private Land Mobile Services, Second Report and Order, FCC,