The Radio Spectrum : Opportunities and Challenges for the Developing World
The radio spectrum is a major component of the telecommunications infrastructure that underpins the information society. Spectrum management, however, has not kept up with major changes in technology, business practice, and economic policy during the past two decades. Traditional spectrum management...
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okr-10986-85012021-04-23T14:02:43Z The Radio Spectrum : Opportunities and Challenges for the Developing World Wellenius, Björn Neto, Isabel ACCOUNTABILITY AD AMATEUR RADIO ANTENNAS BASES BROADCAST BROADCAST TELEVISION BROADCASTERS BUSINESS MODELS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS PLANS CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS CIRCULATION COMPETITION LAW COMPRESSION COMPUTER ROUTERS CONVERGENCE DRIVERS FRAMEWORK INCOME INFORMATION SOCIETY INNOVATIONS ITU MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES MEDIA METEOROLOGY NAVIGATION NEGOTIATIONS PARCELS PHONES PP PRESENTATIONS RADIO RADIO ASTRONOMY RADIO SIGNALS RADIO SPECTRUM RADIO SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK SAFETY SATELLITES SHARING SMALL ENTERPRISES TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION REFORM TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORMS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR REFORMS TELEGRAPHY TELEPHONE PENETRATION TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEVISION TELEVISION BROADCASTING TEMPERATURE TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORTATION UNIVERSAL SERVICE The radio spectrum is a major component of the telecommunications infrastructure that underpins the information society. Spectrum management, however, has not kept up with major changes in technology, business practice, and economic policy during the past two decades. Traditional spectrum management practice is predicated on the spectrum being a limited resource that must be apportioned among uses and users by government administration. For many years this model worked well, but more recently the spectrum has come under pressure from rapid demand growth for wireless services and changing patterns of use. This has led to growing technical and economic inefficiencies, as well as obstacles to technological innovation. Two alternative approaches are being tried, one driven by the market (spectrum property rights) and another driven by technology innovation (commons). Practical solutions are evolving that combine some features of both. Wholesale replacement of current practice is unlikely, but the balance between administration, property rights, and commons is clearly shifting. Although the debate on spectrum management reform is mainly taking place in high-income countries, it is deeply relevant to developing countries as well. 2012-06-19T22:14:45Z 2012-06-19T22:14:45Z 2005-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/10/6323669/radio-spectrum-opportunities-challenges-developing-world http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8501 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3742 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ACCOUNTABILITY AD AMATEUR RADIO ANTENNAS BASES BROADCAST BROADCAST TELEVISION BROADCASTERS BUSINESS MODELS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS PLANS CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS CIRCULATION COMPETITION LAW COMPRESSION COMPUTER ROUTERS CONVERGENCE DRIVERS FRAMEWORK INCOME INFORMATION SOCIETY INNOVATIONS ITU MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES MEDIA METEOROLOGY NAVIGATION NEGOTIATIONS PARCELS PHONES PP PRESENTATIONS RADIO RADIO ASTRONOMY RADIO SIGNALS RADIO SPECTRUM RADIO SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK SAFETY SATELLITES SHARING SMALL ENTERPRISES TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION REFORM TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORMS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR REFORMS TELEGRAPHY TELEPHONE PENETRATION TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEVISION TELEVISION BROADCASTING TEMPERATURE TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORTATION UNIVERSAL SERVICE |
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ACCOUNTABILITY AD AMATEUR RADIO ANTENNAS BASES BROADCAST BROADCAST TELEVISION BROADCASTERS BUSINESS MODELS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS PLANS CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS CIRCULATION COMPETITION LAW COMPRESSION COMPUTER ROUTERS CONVERGENCE DRIVERS FRAMEWORK INCOME INFORMATION SOCIETY INNOVATIONS ITU MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES MEDIA METEOROLOGY NAVIGATION NEGOTIATIONS PARCELS PHONES PP PRESENTATIONS RADIO RADIO ASTRONOMY RADIO SIGNALS RADIO SPECTRUM RADIO SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK SAFETY SATELLITES SHARING SMALL ENTERPRISES TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION REFORM TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORMS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR REFORMS TELEGRAPHY TELEPHONE PENETRATION TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEVISION TELEVISION BROADCASTING TEMPERATURE TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORTATION UNIVERSAL SERVICE Wellenius, Björn Neto, Isabel The Radio Spectrum : Opportunities and Challenges for the Developing World |
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The radio spectrum is a major component of the telecommunications infrastructure that underpins the information society. Spectrum management, however, has not kept up with major changes in technology, business practice, and economic policy during the past two decades. Traditional spectrum management practice is predicated on the spectrum being a limited resource that must be apportioned among uses and users by government administration. For many years this model worked well, but more recently the spectrum has come under pressure from rapid demand growth for wireless services and changing patterns of use. This has led to growing technical and economic inefficiencies, as well as obstacles to technological innovation. Two alternative approaches are being tried, one driven by the market (spectrum property rights) and another driven by technology innovation (commons). Practical solutions are evolving that combine some features of both. Wholesale replacement of current practice is unlikely, but the balance between administration, property rights, and commons is clearly shifting. Although the debate on spectrum management reform is mainly taking place in high-income countries, it is deeply relevant to developing countries as well. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Wellenius, Björn Neto, Isabel |
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Wellenius, Björn Neto, Isabel |
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Wellenius, Björn |
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The Radio Spectrum : Opportunities and Challenges for the Developing World |
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The Radio Spectrum : Opportunities and Challenges for the Developing World |
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The Radio Spectrum : Opportunities and Challenges for the Developing World |
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The Radio Spectrum : Opportunities and Challenges for the Developing World |
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The Radio Spectrum : Opportunities and Challenges for the Developing World |
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radio spectrum : opportunities and challenges for the developing world |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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