There has been a paradigm shift in the field of mobile communication, with an overwhelming increase in data usage. As more and more users are migrating to Smart-phones, the amount of data being transmitted has increased manifold times. However, such huge amount of data and signal propagation is...

This paper analyses the marginal value of spectrum which includes engineering and strategic value. The analysis of the engineering value shows that operators that are able to obtain more spectrum than their competitors, and pursue network sharing and spectrum aggregation have a competitive...