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Study of Market-based Exclusive Spectrum Rights

McLean Foster & Co.
in collaboration with Prof. Martin Cave, Robert W. Jones and William Lehr.

Submitted to: Michael D. Connolly

Document ID Number: 1.0
Status : Final Report
August 31, 2007

Copyright Notice

Copyright © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada (Industry Canada), 2007.

All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced in any form, including photocopying or transmission electronically to any computer, without prior written consent. The information contained in this document is confidential and proprietary to the Government of Canada-Department of Industry and may not be used or disclosed except as expressly authorized in writing by Industry Canada.

Table of contents

• 1. Executive Summary
  Summary of Recommendations
  • 1. Spectrum Policy Changes
  • 2. Changes to the Institutional Framework for Spectrum Management Structure
  • 3. Implementing Spectrum Trading and Market-based Exclusive Spectrum Rights in Canada
• 2. Introduction
  • 2.1 Background
  • 2.2 Market-Based Exclusive Spectrum Rights
  • 2.3 Objectives
  • 2.4 Scope and Report Structure
• 3. International Trends in Spectrum Management
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • Part 1: International Legal, Regulatory And Policy Framework in Liberalising Countries
  • 3.2 United States
  • 3.3 Australia
  • 3.4 New Zealand
  • 3.5 The European Union
  • 3.6 The United Kingdom
  • 3.7 Japan
  • 3.8 Guatemala and El Salvador
  • 3.9 Global Spectrum Management: The Role of the ITU
  • 3.10 Global Spectrum Management: The Role of the WTO
  • Part 2 Themes in Contemporary Spectrum Management
  • 3.11 Liberalization of Use/Flexibility
  • 3.12 United States
  • 3.13 European Union
  • 3.14 United Kingdom
  • 3.15 Spectrum Trading/Secondary Markets
  • 3.16 United States
  • 3.17 The United Kingdom
  • 3.18 Australia
  • 3.19 New Zealand
  • 3.20 Guatemala
  • 3.21 Conclusion on Secondary Trading
  • 3.22 Quantitative Estimates of the Impact of Liberalization
  • 3.23 Digital Switch-over
  • 3.24 Managing Public Sector Use of Spectrum
• 4. Current Canadian Spectrum Policy and Practices
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Industry Canada Responsibility for the Spectrum Resource
  • 4.3 Legislation
  • 4.4 Policy Objective
  • 4.5 Managing the Spectrum
  • 4.6 Allocation and Licensing of Spectrum
  • 4.7 Licence Definition and Conditions
  • 4.8 Example Licences Reviewed
  • 4.9 Discussion of Policy Options
  • 4.10 Conclusion
• 5. Analysis
  • 5.1 The Rationale for Market-based Exclusive Spectrum Rights
  • 5.2 The Potential Benefits of Market Methods
  • 5.3 What Spectrum Bands Should Be Subject to Market Methods of Allocation?
  • 5.4 Transitioning to Spectrum Usage Rights and Flexible Use Spectrum Rights
• 6. Detailed Recommendations
  • 6.1 Spectrum Policy Changes
  • 6.2 Changes to the Institutional Framework for Spectrum Management
  • 6.3 Implementing Spectrum Trading and Market-based Exclusive Spectrum Rights in Canada
  • 6.4 Conclusions
• Annex 1 – Radiocommunication Act: Section 5
• Annex 2 – What is Meant by Telecommunications?
• Annex 3 – Canadian Spectrum Management Programme Revenues
• Annex 4 – The Interference Problem
• Annex 5 – Spectrum Usage Rights

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