Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
Series of ITU-R Reports
CHAPTER 1
Introduction to economic considerations
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
CHAPTER 2
Strategies for spectrum financing mechanisms
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
CHAPTER 3
Assessment of the benefits of using the radio spectrum
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
CHAPTER 4
Guidelines on methodologies for the establishment of spectrum
fees formula and system
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
4.4.8 Practical
example of fee calculation formula from the Republic of Colombia
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 Opportunity cost and administrative incentive pricing: simple,
functional and linear equations
4.8.1 The pricing formula and parameters
4.8.2 Higher RF – lower fees, for all services
4.8.3 The values of F for all type of services
4.8.4 Examples to calculate fees per MHz
4.8.5 The factors non-included in the formulae
4.9 Guidelines on applying
new fees system
CHAPTER 5
Administrations experience regarding the economic aspects of
spectrum management
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 usage fees – Republic of
Korea
5.2.12 Indonesia’s
experience with spectrum fees
5.2.13 Colombia’s
procedure for determining the occupation level in a specific geographic area
for point-to-point links
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