... telephony, but in a haphazard way. There has been no regard for their interests (e.g. higher charges), nor consideration of how bribery, high licence fees and avoidance of customs duties affect them. Originality/value This is one of the few case studies of telecommunications in West Africa...

...Peter Curwen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the licensing and launch of high‐speed mobile telecommunications networks in Europe. Design/methodology/approach The research is based upon data collection from multiple sources, triple cross‐checked, on licensing...

... the organizational and contextual factors that have enabled the Tanzanian Communications Regulatory Agency (TCRA) to implement innovative regulations, including a fully converged licensing framework as the first country on the continent, and how subsequently these regulations have influenced market development...

... The study analyses market data from 17 Western European countries and tests propositions with statistical methods. Findings The paper finds that there is evidence in support of to the “overbidding” hypothesis, i.e. license fees determined in auctions were higher than ultimately compatible...

...) (Hazlett, 2004). Compared to traditional administrative licensing, spectrum ownership and open access reduce the information required by the government as both rely on endogenous adjustment mechanisms and provide improved incentives for efficient spectrum use. Nonetheless, most current proposals...

...Jason Whalley; Peter Curwen As the repercussions of 3G licensing reverberate across the telecommunications industry, it has frequently been speculated that the European mobile communications industry is about to consolidate around a handful of players. However, many of these speculative comments...

... that the high price raised by the auctions that allocated 3G licences was a major factor in explaining the loss in market value for telecommunication firms, but this paper shows that the real option value embedded in the UMTS licenses in the UK is very close to the fees paid by purchasers, even in a very...

...Peter Curwen The licensing process for third‐generation mobile communications (3G) is largely complete in Europe although much less progress has been made elsewhere in the world. This process has been controversial, especially in relation to the use of auctions rather than so‐called “beauty...

... be crucially influenced by the policy and regulatory environment, in particular by the facilitation of market entry through appropriate licensing policies, as well as post‐entry competitive conditions. This article reports on the findings of a workshop organized by the International Telecommunication Union...