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| Author: | Borgers, T. Dustmann, C. |
| Title: | Awarding telecom licenses: the recent European experience |
| Journal: | Economic Policy
2003 : APR, 36, p. 215-268 |
| Index terms: | TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY EUROPEAN UNION TELEPHONE INDUSTRY LICENSING |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper analyses the procedures used by different European countries for awarding spectrum licences to potential operators of third generation (3G) mobile telephone networks. The authors contrast market-based methods, such as auctions, with bureaucratic methods, such as 'beauty contests'. They have been used for decisions about two major questions: (1) How many licences should be awarded, and how much spectrum should each licence give access to; (2) Which companies should receive which licences, and how much they should pay for their licences. Most countries used a bureaucratic process to answer the first question. However, Germany, Austria and Greece were different, and constructed auctions in which the number and size of licences were determined by the auction itself. |
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