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This article provides an overview of Mobile Virtual Network Operators ("MVNOs") and their significance in the Nigerian telecommunications sector. With the release of the Licensing Framework for the Establishment of MVNOs in 2022, the Nigerian Communications Commission ("NCC") aims to improve...
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estimate the magnitude of license complementarity by modeling the bidding process as an entry game with interdependent markets … ($19 billion) in Auction 73. Complementarity in a 1 MHz nationwide license is worth $918 million to an average large bidder … revenue substantially at the cost of reducing bidder surplus and increasing license allocation concentration …
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An examination of spectrum auctions in a number of countries in Africa and beyond, suggests that many have failed, while others can be viewed as problematic. In many cases auctions have failed because reserve prices were set too high, and because the amount of spectrum on offer was limited. Most...
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-part auction process in which broadcast television license holders submit bids for relinquishing their licenses ("Reverse Auction … types of bidding allowed, and the appropriate framework to use for the license territories to be used in the Forward Auction … license territories may not by itself be sufficient to ensure adequate competition and participation in the Forward Auction …
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This paper analyzes the impact of patent bibliographic indicators and patent characteristics on the economic value of patents put on sale in an auction, considering different typologies of sellers and buyers. A unique dataset covering all patent auctions held until the end of 2008 by Ocean Tomo...
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licenses. This is surprising since adjacent channel and out-of-band interference have figured prominently in recent license …
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We explore the sensitivity of the U.S. government's ongoing incentive auction to multi-license ownership by … broadcasters. We document significant broadcast TV license purchases by private equity firms prior to the auction and perform a … prospective analysis of the effect of ownership concentration on auction outcomes. We find that multi-license holders are able to …
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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 …
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In this paper we develop a model of licensing a new product technology of a network good. The new technology improves the quality of the network good and is protected by a patent. In such a context we find that a standard auction mechanism can efficiently allot the new technology under both...
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The spate of controversy and the flurry of charges surrounding the allocation of spectrum for the second generation (2G) mobile telephony services on a First Come First Served (FCFS) basis stands out in stark contrast to the near universal acclaim for the allocation of spectrum for the Third...
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