Assessment of spectrum value: The case of a second digital dividend in Europe

Frías, Zoraida; González-Valderrama, Carlos; Martínez, Jorge Manuel Ayala

doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2016.12.008

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“…By examining equipment costs for 4G and 5G assessments in the literature (5G NORMA, 2016;Frias et al, 2017;METIS, 2017;Oughton et al, 2019a;Rendon Schneir et al, 2019;Wisely et al, 2018), combined with open information from regulatory LRIC models (Ofcom, 2018), capital and operational cost estimates can be determined. Following a similar method to Wisely et al (Wisely et al, 2018), both Table S3 and Table S4 report the capex and opex costs respectively for macro cells over a 10-year period.…”

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Policy Choices Can Help Keep 4G and 5G Universal Broadband Affordable

Oughton¹,

Comini²,

Foster³

et al. 2021

Policy Research Working Papers

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In recognition of the transformative opportunities that broadband connectivity presents, the United Nations Broadband Commission has committed the international community to accelerate universal access across the developing world. However, the cost of meeting this objective, and the feasibility of doing so on a commercially viable basis, are not well understood. This paper compares the global cost-effectiveness of different infrastructure strategies for the developing world to achieve universal 4G or 5G mobile broadband. Utilizing remote sensing and geospatial infrastructure simulation, least-cost network designs are developed for eight representative low and middle-income countries (Malawi, Uganda, Kenya, Senegal, Pakistan, Albania, Peru and Mexico), the results from which form the basis for aggregation to the global level. To provide at least 2 Mbps per user, 4G is often the cheapest option to reach universal coverage. The cost of meeting the UN Broadband Commission target of a minimum 10 Mbps per user is estimated at $1.7 trillion using 5G NSA, equating to approximately 0.6% of annual GDP for the developing world over the next decade. However, by creating a favorable regulatory environment, governments can bring down these costs by as much as three quarters -to $0.5 trillion (approximately 0.2% of annual GDP) -and avoid the need for public subsidy. Providing governments make judicious choices, adopting fiscal and regulatory regimes conducive to lowering costs, broadband universal service may be within reach of most developing countries over the next decade.

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Section: Cost Estimationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policy Choices Can Help Keep 4G and 5G Universal Broadband Affordable

Oughton¹,

Comini²,

Foster³

et al. 2021

Policy Research Working Papers

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“…Studies on engineering value ([5]- [7], [14], [36]- [39]) clearly highlight cost-centric views and are concerned with the saving in the total cost of ownership from the availability of additional spectrum. Economic value ( [8], [12], [14], [16], [37]- [38], [40]- [41]) has attracted most attention by scholars and provides a comprehensive approach that considers expected future profits from the use of services offered through spectrum.…”

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Analysis of Spectrum Valuation Elements for Local 5G Networks: Case Study of 3.5-GHz Band

Matinmikko-Blue

Yrjölä

Seppänen

et al. 2019

IEEE Trans. Cogn. Commun. Netw.

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Radio spectrum is a scarce natural resource, whose efficient management calls for a thorough understanding of its value. A number of spectrum valuation approaches has emerged considering different elements, some with potentially high uncertainty as future profits, total cost of ownership and societal benefits. Spectrum valuation is important in regulators' 5G spectrum decisions and will face a new situation, where location specific services and higher carrier frequencies give rise to local network operator models. This paper analyses the existing spectrum management and spectrum valuation approaches and identifies key elements to consider, when defining and assessing the value of spectrum especially in the context of future local 5G networks. The growing pressure to open the mobile market for location and vertical specific 5G networks promotes new sharingbased spectrum access models, to allow the emergence of local 5G operators. We characterize the identified spectrum valuation elements in the context of these new local 5G networks from the perspectives of the different stakeholder roles including regulators, mobile network operators (MNOs) and entrant local 5G operators. We further present a spectrum valuation case study of the recent 5G spectrum decisions in the 3.5 GHz band in different countries.

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“…The valuation approaches belonging to these main categories are presented under them. [7], [14], [36]- [39]) clearly highlight cost-centric views and are concerned with the saving in the total cost of ownership from the availability of additional spectrum. Economic value ( [8], [12], [14], [16], [37]- [38], [40]- [41]) has attracted most attention by scholars and provides a comprehensive approach that considers expected future profits from the use of services offered through spectrum.…”

Section: A Analysis Of Existing Spectrum Valuation Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysis of Spectrum Valuation Approaches: The Viewpoint of Local 5G Networks in Shared Spectrum Bands

Matinmikko-Blue

Yrjölä

Seppänen

et al. 2018

2018 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN)

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Radio spectrum is a scarce natural resource, whose efficient management calls for a thorough understanding of its value. Quite a big number of approaches have emerged for spectrum valuation based on different elements, some with such potentially high uncertainty as future profits, total cost of ownership and societal benefits. Spectrum valuation will be important for the upcoming spectrum decisions by the regulators to deploy 5G networks but will face a new situation, where the use of higher carrier frequencies inherently limits network operations to local areas. This paper analyses the existing spectrum valuation approaches and identifies the key elements to consider, when defining and assessing the value of spectrum especially in the context of future local 5G networks. An important aspect is that the growing pressure to open the mobile market for location specific 5G networks has resulted in new sharing-based models for spectrum access, to allow the emergence of entrant local 5G operators to serve different verticals. We will therefore characterize the identified spectrum valuation elements in the new context of new local 5G networks operating in shared spectrum bands. Our approach considers spectrum valuation for 5G from the perspectives of the different stakeholder roles including regulators, mobile network operators (MNOs) and entrant local 5G operators.

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Assessment of spectrum value: The case of a second digital dividend in Europe

Cited by 14 publications

References 9 publications

Policy Choices Can Help Keep 4G and 5G Universal Broadband Affordable

Policy Choices Can Help Keep 4G and 5G Universal Broadband Affordable

Analysis of Spectrum Valuation Elements for Local 5G Networks: Case Study of 3.5-GHz Band

Analysis of Spectrum Valuation Approaches: The Viewpoint of Local 5G Networks in Shared Spectrum Bands

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