Guatemala, an Early Spectrum Management Reformer

Guatemala, an Early Spectrum Management Reformer

There are powerful arguments for regulating spectrum allocations as a scarce resource. These stem from the likelihood of interference between radio communication services, economies of scale, externalities linked to some of the commercial services using the spectrum, the existence of services whi...

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Main Author: Marino Garcia, Jose
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
telecommunications
radio frequencies
frequency band
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23640
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spelling okr-10986-236402021-04-23T14:04:16Z Guatemala, an Early Spectrum Management Reformer Marino Garcia, Jose telecommunications radio frequencies frequency band There are powerful arguments for regulating spectrum allocations as a scarce resource. These stem from the likelihood of interference between radio communication services, economies of scale, externalities linked to some of the commercial services using the spectrum, the existence of services which may be considered pure public goods, along with conditioning factors linked to the legacy usage of spectrum. While the concept of best practice in spectrum management regime remains controversial, the case of Guatemala is a perfect ‘experiment’ to discern the effect of policies where the market is afforded a more important role in the allocation of frequencies. 2016-01-14T17:36:51Z 2016-01-14T17:36:51Z 2015-06 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23640 en_US WDR 2016 Background Paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic telecommunications
radio frequencies
frequency band
spellingShingle telecommunications
radio frequencies
frequency band
Marino Garcia, Jose
Guatemala, an Early Spectrum Management Reformer
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description There are powerful arguments for regulating spectrum allocations as a scarce resource. These stem from the likelihood of interference between radio communication services, economies of scale, externalities linked to some of the commercial services using the spectrum, the existence of services which may be considered pure public goods, along with conditioning factors linked to the legacy usage of spectrum. While the concept of best practice in spectrum management regime remains controversial, the case of Guatemala is a perfect ‘experiment’ to discern the effect of policies where the market is afforded a more important role in the allocation of frequencies.
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title Guatemala, an Early Spectrum Management Reformer
title_short Guatemala, an Early Spectrum Management Reformer
title_full Guatemala, an Early Spectrum Management Reformer
title_fullStr Guatemala, an Early Spectrum Management Reformer
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publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
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