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The Failure of Spectrum Auctions in Africa

by Steve Song
21 April 2017
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Spectrum auctions are widely regarded as “best practice” in the assignment of wireless frequencies where demand exceed availability yet, as of 2013 among African countries, only Nigeria had successfully conducted a spectrum auction. This is…

Use Universal Service Funds to Pay for Civil Society Participation in Telecom Regulation

by Steve Song
14 June 20104 December 2016
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Telecommunications markets are notoriously difficult to regulate effectively. Telecom operators wield a great deal of power thanks to their wealth and the effectively hold they have on their markets whether through landlines or spectrum licenses…