[governance] Efficient Spectrum Management + Efficient Networks = Access ?

[Carlos A. Afonso]

As usual when business asks for "immediate action" on something, let us
be careful on this.

Spectrum bids are won by big telcos who in many cases win these bids for
 a preemptive strategy -- hoarding big chunks of spectrum to block other
competitors, even more so where regulators are weak or biased towards
big business. This needs to be analyzed on a case by case basis with a
review of actual deployment of services and real demand, as well as the
focus of universal service (which in many cases is not imposed in the
incumbent contracts by the regulators).

--c.a.

On 10/20/2011 11:36 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> I was looking for something on the International Chamber of Commerce website
> and found an Article interesting on Mobile Broadband Spectrum Shortage
> requires immediate action, see:
> http://www.iccwbo.org/policy/ebitt/index.html?id=46201 It's relevance to
> internet governance is that Spectrum is a factor in terms of access for
> consumers etc.
> 
> 
> Also an interesting article was published in Trinidad today, see an article
> called "Not Quite An App for That Yet" by Bevil Wooding, see:
> http://www.guardian.co.tt/business-guardian/2011/10/20/not-quite-yet-app
> 
> on Mobile Networks holding back innovation...
> 
> Cheers,
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