Closing the spectrum gap – A supplemental downlink at 1.4 GHz might be an answer

29/09/2011

Analysis

Author(s): Phillipa Marks

Industry forecasts suggest mobile data traffic could grow by up to 30 times current levels over the next 5 years. To meet this ever increasing demand operators will need more spectrum and to adopt new technologies to use spectrum more effectively. Governments around the world have announced ambitious targets for spectrum release to mobile broadband[…]

Valuation of public mobile spectrum at 825-845 MHz and 870-890 MHz

14/09/2011

Project

Client: Australian Government

Author(s): Ken Pearson, Phillipa Marks, Yi Shen Chan, Sarongrat Wongsaroj

Spectrum management

Plum valued spectrum licences for 825-845 MHz and 870-890 MHz spectrum for the purposes of setting government expectations with regard to licence reissue prices. There were three elements to the study: A review of international evidence on the value of spectrum licences in the same or similar frequency bands as revealed in auctions and licence[…]