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Article: Harmonizing spectrum policy in the EU: the WAPECS concept (*).(Regulation and Competition)
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- Communications & Strategies
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- July 1, 2006
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Defining a strategy for efficient spectrum management is a key goal of the i2010 Information Society Initiative. This policy seeks to promote an open and competitive digital economy within the European Union (EU). The EU faces unique challenges in relation to spectrum reform and its ambition to develop a pan-EU approach to spectrum management. This stems from the need for a uniform policy prescription across the historically disparate regulatory regimes of member states. Such a policy must account for powerfully entrenched vested interests, policy constraints (both national and international) as well as legacy technologies.
It is in this context that the Wireless ...