Hiccups in US spectrum auctions |
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| Authors: | Mark Scanlan |
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| Institution: | 1. IT: Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Beira Interior, 6201-001 Covilha, Portugal;2. Department of Computer Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO 65211, USA;1. Department of Dermatology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan;2. Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan;3. Department of Project Programs, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan;1. Programme in Physiology & Experimental Medicine, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Onatrio, Canada;2. Programme in Molecular Structure & Function, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;3. Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;4. Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;5. Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;6. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;1. University of Amsterdam/Tinbergen Institute, 1018 TV Amsterdam, The Netherlands;2. University of Amsterdam, 1018 TV Amsterdam, The Netherlands;1. School of Electronic and Information Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China;2. Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China;3. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;4. College of Engineering, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China |
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| Abstract: | While an increasing number of countries have embraced auctions to assign radio frequency, many other countries have decided to retain selection by the administration. Of the many factors that might have influenced those countries that have rejected auctions, one of the most visible in Europe has been frequent media reports of the problems experienced with auctions in the US between 1995 and 1997. In my experience, these reports have been accepted at face value by many European industry commentators and policy officials. It seems clear that the repeated reporting of these problems has influenced the evolution of spectrum management policy in Europe. This paper tries to set the record straight by providing an analysis of the problems that were reported in Europe regarding US spectrum auctions, specifically the declarations of bankruptcy by several winning bidders and overbidding by participants, the enormous revenue shortfall on the WCS block auction, and reports of collusion among bidders. |
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