Public sector special report (2): the first achievement is psychological

A three year exercise to improve public sector spectrum efficiency has just ended in the Netherlands. The main benefit has not been the amount of spectrum clawed back but the change in attitudes.

Perhaps the best known reform of public sector spectrum has been carried out in the the UK. Its rationale was quite simple - to apply market-based mechanisms as far as possible. This began with requiring bodies like the military to pay for the spectrum they used, the price being based on an estimate by the regulator. Public bodies are being allowed to sell off any bands they don't use, creating an economic incentive for spectrum efficiency.

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