A tragedy of the anti-market?

Favouring a commons-based approach to the 3.6GHz band has deterred
investment in a crucial frequency for the development of wireless
broadband services, argue two leading experts.

Participants at the ITU's recent spectrum policy conference seeking
the "right balance" between market mechanisms and other management
techniques may have been surprised to receive a warning about the
limitations of the commons approach. This has been much in the mind
of regulators since the success of WiFi but according to Professor
Thomas Hazlett of George Mason University and Coleman Bazelon of the
Analysis Group the enthusiasm of the US Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) for a commons approach in 3.65 – 3.7 GHz has only
inhibited the development of services.

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