DETERMINATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PRICES AND SPECTRUM ROYALTIES AND PROCEDURE FOR CALCULATION OF FREQUENCY ASSIGNMENT FEES AND FREQUENCY USAGE CONTRIBUTIONS

DETERMINATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PRICES AND SPECTRUM ROYALTIES AND

PROCEDURE FOR CALCULATION OF FREQUENCY

ASSIGNMENT FEES AND FREQUENCY USAGE

CONTRIBUTIONS

Yemen, 11-13 December 2005

Economic aspects of spectrum management

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Director of NIIR Research Centre, Professor of MTUCI,

Dr V. Tikhvinskiy

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Approaches to covering the cost of the spectrum

management

They based on:

•Spectrum use fees – Administrative pricing;

•Auctions as market approach of spectrum assignment.


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TECHNIQUE OF DETERMINATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PRICES AND

SPECTRUM ROYALTIES


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Definition of

pricing goals

Demand assessment

Costs

assessment

Choice of

pricing method

s

Price determinat

ion

Source: Nozdrin,ITU-R,Lusaca-2003

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Administrative pricing

Spectrum pricing is method used the pricing as a spectrum management tool.

Administrative pricing is form of spectrum pricing in which equipment licence fees or charges for spectrum rights are set by the Spectrum Manager.

The aim of Administrative pricing is to make the users utilisation of the spectrum more efficiently.


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Types of Administrative pricing

Administrative pricing may include such types as:

• shadow pricing;• incentive pricing, where an attempt is

made to set prices to promote efficient spectrum use;

• regulatory pricing, where fees are set unrelated to market considerations, for example, to recover spectrum management costs.

Administrative pricing involves the spectrum manager setting the level of licence fees as a surrogate for market forces.


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Shadow pricing

A form of administrative pricing in which the price is set according to a predetermined formula intended to mimic the effect of market forces by taking spectrum consumption, value and scarcity into account.

Parameters commonly used include:•bandwidth;•frequency location;•geographical location;•coverage area.


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Incentive pricing

Method used to set a fee for the right of use of spectrum that reflects a certain value for that spectrum, in order to achieve certain spectrum management objectives.Incentive price

is set by the Regulator; is prices charged to license holder (holder of recognized spectrum access (RSA));is intended to reflect the opportunity cost of spectrum use (provide effective incentives for efficient use of spectrum).


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Opportunity cost of spectrum

The opportunity cost of spectrum represents the benefits that would bederived from the next best alternative use.

The opportunity cost represents the benefits foregone from assigning spectrum to the best use instead of the next best use.


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Regulatory pricing

Regulatory (administrative) pricing is cost-based pricing method.

Administrative spectrum price

is set by the Regulator;

is charges to license holder;

is intended to recover the regulator's administrative costs incurred in spectrum management, control and enforcement.


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Administrative pricing models

Types of charges

single and annual

The principle of spectrum

fees collection

• For the right of access to a spectrum

• For direct utilisation of spectrum

The body establishing

value of spectrum charging

Government bodies/ agency


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Price setting method


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Access to

spectrum

Licence or

Permition of use

Choice of method:

• Administrative• Market

Spectrum utilization for radio station In operation

Not market

•FC-FR•Lottery•Beauty contest

MarketAuctions

Annualfees

Spectrum tariff

unit

Service

Incentive

factors

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Estimation of Spectrum Management costs

Administrative charges (AC) levied on spectrum licence holders and applicants should recover spectrum management costs (SMC), be objective and transparent.

total AC=SMC

The total sum of charges must cover the costs of spectrum management.


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Spectrum Management Costs

Spectrum management costs are included.

SMC =SF( DrCo, InCo) + SCh ( DrCo, InCo) Whereby

SF- spectrum fees;

SCh – spectrum charges;

DrCo – direct cost of spectrum management;

InCo – indirect cost of spectrum management.

The total sum of charges must cover the costs of spectrum management( direct and indirect).


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Spectrum fees

Fees: price charged by the Administration to a licence holder for the grant of rights of use of spectrum, with the aim of achieving certain spectrum management objectives such as to ensure the efficient use of that spectrum. Administrative fees are not primarily intended to cover the costs of the SMO and may be charged once-off or yearly.


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Source: ECC Report 53

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Spectrum charges

Charges: price charged by the administration to cover administrative costs incurred in the management, control and enforcement of the authorization scheme (this may include costs for e.g. international cooperation, harmonization and standardization, monitoring and enforcement).


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Indirect costs


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Indirect costs are the costs to take into account for the calculation of charges as they are not directly linked to the spectrum management work done for an individual license holder. Examples of indirect costs:

•general international consultation;•propagation research covering many frequency bands;•general spectrum monitoring;•interference investigations .


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Direct costs


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Direct costs are costs that can be allocated to individual license holder or groups of licensees as they are directly connected to tasks carried out for those particular license holders: e.g.

•the cost of staff time in the frequency assignment process;•site clearance;•interference analysis.

The costs incurred can be determined using the cost accounting system to register the time spent for those specific tasks.

Selection of service for Administrative pricing

applying •Fixed links;•Fixed Wireless Access; •Maritime business radio;•Private business radio;•Programme making and special events;•Public mobile networks;•Public safety services (police, fire, ambulance services);•Satellite uplinks (permanent and transportable earth stations and VSATs);•Scanning telemetry (national channels only) .


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Determination of Spectrum Price

1.Estimate of the marginal value of spectrum for each service.2.Differentiation of the marginal value into one service (e.g. -Public wireless networks (2G public mobile network operators);

–Business radio (incl. PBR, PAMR, CBS and paging);–Scanning telemetry.)

3.Derermination impact on spectrum price the bandwidth used and the geographic area over which use and the aria sterilized by the service.


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Spectrum Tariff Unit (STU)

STUs aim to give a value for spectrum as a raw material from which individual product values can then be calculated.

STU is a reference measure against which spectrum charges for different services are established.


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Source: OFCOM Report,2004

Spectrum Tariff Unit (2)

STUs are based on the estimated value of 1 MHz of spectrum over 1km2 across the county. The use of the STU allows easier comparison of spectrum prices across different services and provides for greater transparency in licensing procedure and process.


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Spectrum Tariff Unit (3)

Spectrum Fee = STU × Bandwidth in MHz × Aria sterilized

Mobile communication operators — £1.65/MHz/km2;

Radio Link operators — £1.10/MHz/km2;

PAMR operators — £1.58/MHz/km2;


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Source: Spectrum Pricing,OFCOM-2004

Example of price determination

for mobile serviceThe national channel rate for Public Business Radio in typical frequency bands where some congestion occurs is calculated using the value of the Spectrum Tariff Unit for mobile communications:Value of STU for mobile communications = £1.65 per MHz per square kilometerArea of UK = 240,000 km2Therefore, rate for 2 x 12.5 kHz national channel = £.1.65 x 240,000 x 2 x 0.0125= £9,900


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Source: OFCOM Report,2004

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Radioservice Evaluation for fee determination

Public Mobile Networks

K1×K2×K3× (occupied frequency band / 25 kHz)

×1 896.30 Euro

Fixed Wireless Assess

K1×K2× (occupied frequency band /25 kHz)

×1 896.30 Euro

Paging Systems K1×K2× (occupied frequency band /25 kHz)

×1 896.30 Euro

Government radio network

K1×K2×K3×K4× (occupied frequency band /25 kHz)

×1 896.30 Euro

GSM-R Networks K1×K2×K3×K4× (occupied frequency band /25 kHz)

×1 896.30 Euro

STU index in Finland


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Factors of the spectrum fee

Currently the spectrum fee is calculated as follows:

K1*K2*K3*K4*(frequency band in kHz / 25 kHz)×STU.

whereby:K1 = the band factor (e.g. 0-470 MHz K1 = 1 and 470-960 MHz K1 = 0,8 etc)K2 = coverage area (for whole Finland K2 = 1; for limited area calculated proportion of 1)K3 = starting factor (first year begins from 0.1, then increases gradually to 1 on the 6th year)K4 = network factor, which takes into account different parameters and usage of the system. E.g. for the national emergency TETRA system K4 = 1 and for meteorological radiosonde system K4 = 0.1).All factors are not used for the calculation of all systems, e.g. K4 is not used at all for the calculation of GSM fees.


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Pricing proposals for fixed service

applications


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Fixed link

licence fee

Spectrum

Price

Band Width Factor

Band Factor

Path Length Factor

Availability

Factor

Antenna

Factor

Sharing

Factor

Source: An Economic Study to review Spectrum pricing /

Aegis,Warwic businesss school-2004

Price factors determination

Spectrum Price (reference fee, marginal value) - price for each unit of link bandwidth: £X per 2 x 1 MHz;

Band Width Factor -Promote the use of lower-bandwidth channels so that users are encouraged to utilise the minimum necessary spectrum to achieve their requirements: charge bandwidth per MHz;

Band Factor - Adjust the licence fee to reflect the degree of re-use possible within the band and the potential to cause interference in the chosen band; the higher the frequency band, the lower the value of the Band Factor;


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Price factors determination (2)

Path Length Factor - Encourage assignments in the highest available fixed link frequency band to ensure the lower frequencies are kept for the longer links which are only achievable using the lower frequencies. Links shorter than the minimum path length are charged a premium;

Availability Factor -Encourage efficient behavior by making users aware of the impact availability has on spectrum use and associated opportunity cost: varied charging for availability requirements other than 99.99%; Antenna Factor - Encourage use of higher-performance antennas by making users aware of the impact on spectrum use and associated opportunity cost: calculate bore-sight gain ratio;Sharing Factor - Encourage site sharing for public policy reasons relating to environmental and social benefits: a 50% discount is given where operators share a site


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Example fees for a selection of 'typical' links


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The following table shows example fees applying the proposed algorithm, assuming that the Antenna Factor, the Availability Factor, the Path Length Factor, and the Sharing Factor are equal to 1; and, in order to demonstrate that the algorithm generates fees below the proposed Minimum Fee, are calculated prior to the application of the £150 Minimum Fee.

Channel bandwidth (in MHz)

Band (GHz) 3.5 7 14 28 56 90

4 £1,386 £2,772 £8,910

6L £1,145 £2,290 £7,360

7.5 £256 £512 £1,024 £2,049 £4,098

13 £151 £301 £603 £1,205 £2,410

15 £151 £301 £603 £1,205 £2,410

18 £128 £256 £513 £1,026 £2,051

23 £121 £241 £482 £964 £1,928

25 £105 £211 £422 £844 £1,687

38 £90 £181 £362 £723 £1,446

Fee calculation for regional FM broadcastingFee = S x B x Mg


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From To Fee per 1000 listeners

0% 5% € 40,-

5% 10% € 75,-

10% 15% € 110,-

15% 20% € 145,-

20% 25% € 180,-

25% 30% € 215,-

30% (=maximum) € 250,-

S = Fee based on the average amount of (net) turnover per 1000 listeners taken into account the area covered by the licence B = Number of potential listeners covered by the licence (coverage) per 1000 potential listenersMg = Percentage to be paid of the total fee in case of non-nationwide (regional) FM broadcasting (50%).

Whereby:

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Conclusions

• Administrative pricing is a spectrum management tool.

• Administrative prices and spectrum royalties based on cost recovered models as usually.

• Price determination process includes calculation of a spectrum tariff unit and a marginal value of spectrum for each service.

• There are not universal approaches to a Spectrum price determination.

• Different Administrations use different price determination models.

• Main factors which determine spectrum price: types of service; bandwidth; frequency location; geographical location; coverage area, technical parameters.


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