The treatment of license payments in the national accounts has become increasingly important in recent years; with … owned by the government, and the license which is an intangible nonproduced asset sold by the government to the … licenseholder. The values of these two assets are linked complementarily. Alternative treatments of recording the license payments …

This paper addresses the question of how to record mobile phone license payments in the national accounts. It concludes … the license, which is an intangible non-produced asset sold by the government to the licenseholder. The values of these … two assets are linked complementarily. A set of indicators is proposed that jointly may help judging whether the license …