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 In this place we put influential papers on various spectrum planning subjects.


Wrong Wavelength  a discussion of the importance of radio spectrum to Defence.
ACMA  Presentations on various telecommunications and radiocommunications topics

See also the references for the IRGSH

For basic information about any satellite system  Lloyds Satellite Constellations

 A discussion by Critical Friends of Technology on how wireless technology impacts on the human condition  A social ecology of wireless technology

Land Mobile Radio Policy and Planning:

Perhaps the most controversial issue in Australian radio spectrum planning today concerns the need to replan for large
government radio networks. The public Policy, economics, inter-agency dynamics and technical problems are potentially
paralysing but have been tackled in Europe and America with very different outcomes. 

This article by Viktor Mayer-Schöenberger Associate Professor of Public Policy, The John F. Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University. Provides an excellent public policy analysis of the issues.

Spectrum Policy:

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

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

Are Spectrum Auctions ruining our grandchildren's Future?

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

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

CEPT: Refarming and Secondary Trading in a Changing Radiocommunications World, 2002

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

CITEL_Radio Amateur Permits Agreement

Comments of 37 Concerned Economists

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

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

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

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 Telegraphy 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,

Report of the Spectrum Rights and Responsibilities Working Group

Resolution 9 - (Rev. Istanbul, 2002) Participation of Countries, particularly developing countries, in spectrum management, 2002

Resolution ITU-R 11-3 Development of an Upgraded Spectrum Management System

Response to OFTA’s Consultation Paper on 3G, Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, 2000

Review of Radio Spectrum Management- an independent review

Review of Spectrum Management Practices

Sharing Spectrum

Singapore - Info-Communications Development Authority of Singapore Act (2000)

Singapore - Telecommunications Act

Singapore-Telecommunications (Radio-communication) Regulation, 2001

Spectrum Analysis - Amplitude and Frequency Modulation

Spectrum Analysis Basics

Spectrum Analysis, Application Note 150

Spectrum Analysis, Application Note 150_ - An excellent tutorial in spectrum analysis basics.

Spectrum Auctions do not Raise the Price of Wireless Services: Theory and Evidence, Federal Communications Commission

Spectrum Auctions in India, Indian Institute of Management, February 2001

Spectrum Auctions: Yesterday's Heresy, Today's Orthodoxy, Tomorrow's Anachronism: Taking the Next Step to Open Spectrum Access

Spectrum Efficiency – Drawing a Bead on a Moving Target, Radio Resource, Mission Critical Communications June 2005

Spectrum Issues for the 1990s: New Challenges for Spectrum Management

Spectrum Management for a Converging World : Case Study Guatemala

Spectrum Management for a Converging World : Case Study United Kingdom

Spectrum Trading in Germany, Austria and the UK: The influence of regulatory regimes and evaluation of criteria on competition in the European Mobile Telecommunications Sector, August 2003

Spectrum Trading Increasing Efficiency of Spectrum Usage

Spectrum Trading: Band Managers - The Policies and Incentives Needed to Make them Succeed, 2003

Standards in Wireless Telephone Networks, Telecommunications Policy, Volume 27, Issues 5-6, June-July 2003, Pages 325-332

Strategies and Policies for Wireless IT Promotion in Korea

System of Certification under Conformity with Technical Standard

Table of Frequency Allocations

Tanzania: Guideline for Fees and Application Costs for Telecommunications Equipment

TAS-SMO Organization Plan, 2005

Technico-Economic Methods For Radio Spectrum Assignment, IEEE 1995

Technology leapfrogging in developing countries - An inevitable luxury?

Technology leapfrogging in Thailand: Issues for the support of ecommerce infrastructure

Telecommunications Research Project, Spectrum Management

The Economics of Pricing Radio Spectrum

The Path towards Efficient Coexistence in Unlicensed Spectrum, Cargenie Mellon University, IEEE 802.16 Broadband Wireless Access Working Group, 30 April 2000

The Public Consultation Process - ICT Authority Consultative Document

The Question of Spectrum: Technology, Management and Regime Change, The Economics, Technology and Policy of Unlicensed Spectrum Research Conference (May 2005 Michigan)

The RSPG Opinion on Secondary Trading of Rights to Use Radio Spectrum, November 19, 2004

The Telecommunications Act, 2001 (Trinidad & Tobago)

Third Generation Mobile Services Licensing - Information Memorandum, OFTA, July 2001

Traits of an Independent Communications Regulator: A Search for Indicators, FCC International Bureau Working Paper Series, June 2004

Trinidad and Tobago: Recommendation for Radio Spectrum Regulations, 2005

UK: Application of AIP in the UK_2004

UK: Radio Equipment Standards

UK: Spectrum Framework Review - Ofcom's Views as to how Radio Spectrum should be managed, 2004

United Kingdom - Independent Audit of Major Spectrum Holdings, 2005

United Kingdom: Ofcom - Spectrum Efficiency Scheme

Unlicensed and Unshackled: A Joint OSP-OET White Paper on Unlicensed Devices and their Regulatory Issues, Federal Communications Commission, May 2003

Up the Revolution, 2005

USA: Assigning Property Rights to Radio Spectrum Users, 1998

USA: FCC - Current Spectrum Uses, 2002

USA: FCC - First Class Radiotelegraph Operator's License Certificate Process Description

USA: FCC - Notice of Enquiry and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 2003

USA: Spectrum Efficiency Working Group Report, 2002

USE OF AUCTION-BASED METHODS FOR THE ASSIGNMENT

Using and Abusing Auction Theory

Utility Regulator's - The Independence Debate

Utility Regulators – The Independence Debate, The World Bank Group, Private Sector, Note. No. 127, October 1997

Value-focused thinking - strategic management of radio spectrum for mobile communications in Korea

Venezuela: The Introduction of 3G Services - A Public Consultation Document

West African Common Market Project - Harmonization of Policies Governing the ICT Market in the UEMOA - ECOWAS Space - Final Guidelines, ITU, September 2005

West African Common Market Project: Harmonization of Policies Governing the ICT Market in the UEMOA-ECOWAS Space

What Price Spectrum?

What Really Matters in Auction Design

Wireless internet access 3G vs. Wi-Fi, Lehr, 2003

Wireless Networks for a Developing World : The Regulation and Use of License-Exempt Radio Bands in Africa,

Wireless Networks for the Developing World:

Wireless Networks for the Developing World: The Regulation and Use of License-Exempt Radio Bands in Africa

Wireless Technology for Non-engineers