Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
1.1 Need for spectrum economic approach
1.2 Requirements for national spectrum management
1.3 Goals and objectives
1.3.1 Radiocommunications law
1.3.2 National allocation tables
1.4 Structure and coordination
1.5 Functional responsibilities
1.5.1 Spectrum management policy and planning/allocation
of spectrum
1.5.2 Frequency assignment and licensing
1.5.3 International cooperation
1.5.4 Liaison and consultation
1.5.5 Spectrum engineering support
1.5.6 Computer support
1.6 Performance of spectrum management functions
2.1 Background
2.2 Basic principles for financing national spectrum management
2.2.1 Legal principles
2.2.2 Economic principles
2.2.3 Reality principles
2.2.4 Approaches by different administrations
2.2.5 Advantages and disadvantages of these approaches
2.3 Economic approaches used to promote efficient national spectrum
management
2.3.1 Spectrum assignment methods
2.3.2 Transferable and flexible spectrum rights
2.3.3 Advantages and disadvantages of auctions and
transferable spectrum rights
2.3.4 Licence fees
2.3.5 Advantages and disadvantages of fee approaches
2.4 Factors that could affect various economic approaches
2.4.1 Auctions
2.4.2 Transferable property rights
2.4.3 Licence fees
2.5 Managing a change in spectrum management funding
2.5.1 Legal
2.5.2 International obligations
2.5.3 Funding implications
2.6 Summary
3.1 Background
3.2 Methods of assessing the spectrum’s economic benefits
3.2.1 GDP and employment
3.2.2 Consumer and producer surplus
3.2.3 The link between economic and social benefits
3.2.4 Comparison of the methods for quantifying economic
benefits
3.3 Potential uses for economic assessment
3.3.1 Applications for funding spectrum management
activities
3.3.2 National frequency assignment decisions
3.3.3 Changes in spectrum management national legislation
3.3.4 Support to the spectrum manager on the operation of
auctions
3.3.5 Using economic assessment to monitor economic
performance over time
3.4 Factors affecting benefits
3.4.1 Frequency availability
3.4.2 Demand
3.4.3 The country’s geography
3.4.4 Variation from country to country
3.4.5 Factors which may be taken into account in an
international comparison of fee levels
3.5 Summary
4.1 Formula development
4.2 Guidelines for the establishment of administrative fees (or
administrative charges)
4.2.1 Observations and general approaches
4.2.2 Rule for the allocation of administrative costs –
Example 1
4.2.3 Rule for the allocation of administrative costs –
Example 2
4.3 Guidelines for the establishment of spectrum fees
4.3.1 Defining the goals of the spectrum fees
4.3.2 Demand assessment for the spectrum
4.3.3 Cost assessment for the spectrum
4.3.4 Choosing the fees approach
4.3.5 Determining the fees
4.4 Examples of formulas for fee calculation
4.4.1 Notations and definitions of coefficients
4.4.2 Fee applied to a point-to-point fixed-service
assignment
4.4.3 Fee applied to a point-to-point fixed-service
allotment
4.4.4 Fee applied to a wireless local loop allotment in
the fixed service
4.4.5 Fee applied to an assignment to an earth station in
the fixed or mobile-satellite service
4.4.6 Fee applied to an allotment in the fixed or
mobile-satellite service
4.4.7 Fee applied to an assignment for private networks
in the mobile service
4.5 Spectrum fees for frequencies used in the provision or
marketing of services intended for a consumer market
4.5.1 Observations and general approaches
4.5.2 Example of fees applied to the 2G mobile service
4.5.3 Example of fees applied to the 3G mobile service
4.5.4 Another example of fees applied to the fixed
wireless local loop service
4.5.5 Example of fees applied to a television programme
producer
4.6 An analytical model for calculating license fees on the basis
of specified incentives that are designed to promote efficient spectrum use
4.6.1 General purpose of the model
4.6.2 Steps in the model formulation
4.6.3 General principles for the model development
4.6.4 Expenditures and income of a state concerning
spectrum management
4.6.5 Determination of the used spectral resource value
4.6.6 Determination of a time resource used by an
emission
4.6.7 Determination of a territorial resource used by an
emission
4.6.8 Determination of a frequency resource used by an
emission
4.6.9 Determination of weighting coefficients
4.6.10 Determination of the whole value of the used
spectral resource
4.6.11 Price for the qualified unit of the used spectral
resource
4.6.12 Annual fees for particular frequency assignment
4.7 Procedures and examples of used spectral resource calculations
in application to different radio services
4.7.1 VHF/UHF sound and TV radio broadcasting calculation
procedures
4.7.2 Example of calculations
4.7.3 LF-HF sound broadcasting
4.7.4 Mobile radio services
4.7.5 Maritime mobile radio service
4.7.6 Aeronautical mobile, radionavigation and
radiolocation services
4.7.7 Examples of calculations
4.7.8 Earth stations of satellite communications
4.8 Guidelines on applying new fees system
5.1 Experience with auctions and transferable property rights
5.1.1 Australia
5.1.2 Canada
5.1.3 The Russian Federation’s experience with auctions
5.1.4 New Zealand
5.1.5 United States of America
5.2 Experience with fees
5.2.1 Australia’s experience with licence fees
5.2.2 Canada’s experience with licence fees
5.2.3 China’s experience with licence fees
5.2.4 Germany’s experience with spectrum usage fees
5.2.5 Israel’s experience with licence fees
5.2.6 Experience of the Kyrgyz Republic on application of
licence fees
5.2.7 The Russian Federation’s experience with spectrum
fees
5.2.8 The United Kingdom’s experience with licence fees
5.2.9 United States of America’s experience with licence
fees
5.2.10 Brazil’s experience with spectrum fees
5.2.11 Experience with spectrum utilization fees –
Republic of Korea
5.3 Experience using alternative resources
5.3.1 Canada
5.3.2 Germany
5.3.3 Israel
5.3.4 Russian Federation
5.3.5 United States of America
5.3.6 China’s experience with alternative resources
5.4 Other experiences
5.4.1 Amateur services
5.4.2 Area and high density systems
5.4.3 Space services, orbital use and spectrum fees
GLOSSARY
Annex 1
A.1.1 Spectrum Fees Regulations of the United Arab
Emirates
A.1.2 Fees Policy of Cote D’Ivoire
A. TERRESTRIAL RADIOCOMMUNICATION SERVICES
B. SATELLITE RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS
C. TEMPORAL UTILIZATION OF RADIOELECTRIC STATIONS
D. OTHER FEES AND TAXES
I. SPECIAL EQUIPMENTS.
II. LICENCE FEES/CERTIFICATE
III. EXAM FEES FOR THE ISSUE OF OPERATOR’S CERTIFICATE
IV. FEES FOR THE ISSUANCE OF AUTHORIZATIONS
V. TAX FOR INTERVENING IN THE NETWORKS
VI. LABELLING