Hong Kong backs spectrum trading but rejects full liberalisation

Hong Kong endorses a market based approach to spectrum management but raises eyebrows with the expected announcement of a technology specific mobile licence.

The Hong Kong government started reviewing its approach to spectrum back in October 2006 by inviting responses to a specially commissioned consultants' report. Predictably the response from the Commerce, Industry and Technology Bureau doesn't go as far as the consultants suggested, but it continues current moves away from the command and control approach and will also increase transparency for spectrum users.

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