Until the 1990s, almost all spectrum licenses were given away practically for free even the first mobile licenses which laid the foundation for multi-billion dollar companies that dominate stock markets around the world. In the past fifteen years, there has been a concerted attempt to liberalise the sector and make it more open to market forces. This book examines this attempt. Exploring the new frontier for spectrum policy, Understanding Spectrum Liberalisation identifies the successes and failures of the main policy initiatives of the past decade. It explains, in...
Until the 1990s, almost all spectrum licenses were given away practically for free even the first mobile licenses which laid the foundation for mul...