While the international radio regulations (RR) do not prevent opportunistic access, the application of these regulations largely does not encourage such a concept. This is due to the existence of different elements of restriction within these regulations including the absence of a quantified...

The issue of disruptive operators has recently gained interest among researchers and regulators. From a regulator's perspective, disruptive operators can increase competitive rivalry in markets dominated by a handful of large companies, thus allowing consumers to obtain more benefits in terms of...

The international spectrum management regime was established over a hundred years ago by few developed countries. Since then, the number of the developing countries in the Radio Sector of the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU-R) membership has increased significantly until these...