REGULATORY AGENCIES ROUNDTABLE

1. REGULATORY AGENCIES ROUNDTABLE WILLIAM A. LUTHER FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

2. Presented by MOMCILO SIMIC DEPARTMENT DIRECTORRTV SRBIJE CHAIRMAN OF SRG ITU-R 6E/SRG-9 momcilo.simic@ties.itu.int

3. EFFICIENT AND EQUITABLE FREQUENCY MANAGEMENT A PRESENTATION IN TWO PARTS: • THE SIX PRINCIPLES OF SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT • BEST PRACTICES OF SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT

4. THE SIX PRINCIPLES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT 1. COMPETITION 2. MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY OF USE 3. PUBLIC INTEREST 4. LICENSING AND FEE POLICIES 5. PROMOTE ADMINISTRATIVE CERTAINTY AND REDUCE DELAY • NATIONAL DECISIONS IN GLOBAL MARKET CONTEXT MEETING INTERNATIONAL NEEDS PRINCIPLES

5. 1. COMPETITION • RELY ON MARKET FORCES TO ENSURE ECONOMICALLY EFFICIENT USE OF SPECTRUM (PERMIT AND PROMOTE COMPETITION) • AVOID MANDATING SPECIFIC SERVICES • MINIMIZE REGULATIONS THAT LIMIT COMPETITION, OBSTRUCT INNOVATION, OR IMPEDE EFFICIENT INVESTMENT • INTERVENE ONLY WHEN NECESSARY TO PRESERVE OR PROMOTE COMPETITION (CONSIDER SPECTRUM CAPS TO ENSURE COMPETITION) PRINCIPLES

6. 2. FLEXIBILITY • MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY TO RESPOND TO MARKET FORCES (ATTRIBUTES OF PROPERTY RIGHTS) • SPECTRUM AVAILABLE FOR ADDITIONAL PURPOSES • ALLOW FOR AUTHORIZATION TRANSFER • FLEXIBLE SCOPE AND FREEDOM TO DETERMINE • AMOUNT OF SPECTRUM TO BE OCCUPIED • GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERVED • ESTABLISH STANDARDS SPARINGLY PRINCIPLES

7. 3. PUBLIC INTEREST • WHERE THE MARKET IS UNLIKELY TO PRODUCE ESSENTIAL PUBLIC BENEFITS IN ADEQUATE QUANTITIES, MINIMUM INTERVENTION MAY APPLY TO ENSURE THESE BENEFITS ARE ACHIEVED • SPECTRUM SET ASIDES FOR PUBLIC SERVICES OR BENEFITS • MARKETS DO NOT FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY WHERE A DOMINANT PRODUCER HAS SUBSTANTIAL MARKET POWER (DIVERSITY) • INABILITY TO FULLY INCORPORATE COSTS OR BENEFITS INTO CONSUMER DECISION-MAKING PRINCIPLES

8. 4. LICENSING AND FEE POLICIES • SUPPORT SPECTRUM VALUE • ASSURANCE OF PUBLICLY BENEFICIAL USE (CONSIDER SPECIAL NEEDS, E.G., SMALL BUSINESSES) • EXPEDITE SPECTRUM ASSIGNMENTS • IN GENERAL, COMPETITIVE BIDDING HAS PROVEN TO BE AN EFFECTIVE MEANS BUT THERE MAY BE EXCEPTIONS, E.G., SATELLITE OR TRANSNATIONAL SERVICES • ALTERNATIVELY, FIX FAIR MONETARY COMPENSATION BY FEES PRINCIPLES

9. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE CERTAINTY • ESTABLISH FIRM GROUND RULES • INTERFERENCE • RANGE OF FLEXIBILITY • ACCOMMODATION OF PREEXISTING USERS • OTHER RULES AFFECTING RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS INCLUDING REASONABLE SERVICE OR TECHNICAL RULES • AVOID DELAY IN ALLOCATING AND ASSIGNING • EXPECTATION OF RENEWAL AT TERM END PRINCIPLES

10. 6. GLOBAL MARKET CONTEXT • ENCOURAGE EFFICIENT WORLDWIDE SPECTRUM USE TO ENSURE SPECTRUM AVAILABILITY • PROMOTE COMPETITION AND FLEXIBLE SPECTRUM USE WORLDWIDE, LIMITED AS NECESSARY TO ASSURE CONSISTENCY AND REASONABLE DEGREE OF GLOBAL INTEGRATION • PROMOTE SEAMLESS, WORLDWIDE NETWORKS • CONNECTIVITY TO WORLD’S CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY DEVELOPING NATIONS PRINCIPLES

11. 6. GLOBAL MARKET- continued • ENSURE DOMESTIC POLICIES CONSISTENT WITH WORLD SPECTRUM POLICIES • COORDINATE DOMESTIC/INTERNATIONAL POLICIES • COORDINATE WITH OTHER NATIONS (SATELLITES AND TERRESTRIAL) • PROMOTE REVISION OF INTERNATIONAL PROCEDURES THAT CREATE ARTIFICIAL ORBIT/SPECTRUM SCARCITY PRINCIPLES

12. BEST PRACTICES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT • ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A NATIONAL SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE RADIO SPECTRUM IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST PRACTICES

13. BEST PRACTICES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT 2. PROMOTING TRANSPARENT, FAIR, ECONOMICALLY EFFICIENT, AND EFFECTIVE SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT POLICIES PRACTICES

14. BEST PRACTICES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT 3. MAINTAINING A STABLE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS THAT PERMITS CONSIDERATION OF THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN MANAGING THE RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM PRACTICES

15. BEST PRACTICES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT 4. PROVIDING IN SPECIAL CASES, WHERE ADEQUATELY JUSTIFIED, FOR EXCEPTIONS TO SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT DECISIONS PRACTICES

16. BEST PRACTICES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT 5. HAVING A PROCESS TO SEEK RECLAMA FOR SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT DECISIONS PRACTICES

17. BEST PRACTICES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT 6. MINIMIZING REGULATIONS TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE PRACTICES

18. BEST PRACTICES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT 7. ENCOURAGING RADIOCOMMUNICATION LIBERALIZATION POLICIES PRACTICES

19. BEST PRACTICES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT 8. ASSURING OPEN AND FAIR COMPETITION IN THE MARKETPLACES FOR EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES, AND REMOVING ANY BARRIERS THAT ARISE TO OPEN AND FAIR COMPETITION PRACTICES

20. BEST PRACTICES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT 9. HARMONIZING, AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE, EFFECTIVE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL SPECTRUM POLICIES, INCLUDING OF RADIOFREQUENCY USE PRACTICES

21. BEST PRACTICES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT 10. ALLOCATING FREQUENCIES AND MAKING ASSIGNMENT FOR FLEXIBLE USE TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE TO ALLOW FOR THE EVOLUTION OF SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES PRACTICES

22. BEST PRACTICES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT 11. WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH REGIONAL AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL COLLEAGUES TO DEVELOP SIMPLIFIED REGULATORY PRACTICES PRACTICES

23. BEST PRACTICES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT 12. ENCOURAGING FREE CIRCULATION AND GLOBAL ROAMING OF MOBILE TERMINAL AND RADIOCOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT PRACTICES

24. BEST PRACTICES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT • USING INTERNATIONALLY RECOMMENDED DATA FORMATS AND DATA ELEMENTS FOR EXCHANGE OF DATA AND COORDINATION PURPOSES PRACTICES

25. BEST PRACTICES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT 14. USING PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES TO MONITOR AND CONTROL LENGTHY RADIOCOMMUNICATION SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION PRACTICES

26. BEST PRACTICES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT • USING AUCTIONS FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF COMMERCIAL TERRESTRIAL LICENSES PRACTICES

27. BEST PRACTICES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT 16. ADOPTING DECISIONS THAT ARE TECHNOLOGICALLY NEUTRAL AND WHICH ALLOW FOR EVOLUTION TO NEW SERVICES PRACTICES

28. BEST PRACTICES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT 17. FACILITATING TIMELY INTRODUCTION OF APPROPRIATE NEW SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY WHILE PROTECTING EXISTING SERVICES FROM INTERFERENCE PRACTICES

29. BEST PRACTICES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT • FOSTERING BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY OF NEW EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES, WHENEVER PRACTICABLE PRACTICES

30. BEST PRACTICES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT • PROMOTING SPECTRUM SHARING USING AVAILABLE TECHNIQUES (FREQUENCY, TEMPORAL, SPATIAL, AND MODULATION - - CODING AND PROCESSING) INCLUDING USING INTERFERENCE MITIGATION TECHNIQUES AND ECONOMIC INCENTIVES, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE PRACTICES

31. BEST PRACTICES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT • USING ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS, AS APPROPRIATE, UNDER RELEVENT JUDICIAL PROCESSES PRACTICES

32. BEST PRACTICES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT • UTILIZING REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS WHENEVER POSSIBLE IN LIEU OF SPECIFIC NATIONAL STANDARDS PRACTICES

33. BEST PRACTICES OFSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT • RELYING ON VOLUNTARY INDUSTRY STANDARDS IN LIEU OF GOVERNMENT MANDATES, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE PRACTICES

34. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONWASHINGTON, D.C. WWW.FCC.GOV THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS PRESENTATION ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHOR AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE FCC

35. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION SPECIAL THANKS TO MR.WILLIAM LUTHER WHO IS THEAUTHOROF THIS CONTRIBUTION MOMCILO SIMIC-RTS