Samvaad-Talk by Prof. V. Sridhar, IIITB (September 13, 2021)

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Title: Analysis of radio spectrum pricing for commercial mobile services: A cross country study

Abstract:
The Simultaneous Multiple Round Ascending Auction (SMRA) pioneered by Milgrom, Wilson and McAfee in 1994 has become a defacto standard auction mechanism for the award of radio spectrum for commercial mobile services around the world. The
winning bid price in such SMRA spectrum auctions is of interest as it determines the valuation of the scarce resource by the mobile operators, and also indicates the revenue accrued to the governments as auction proceeds. Using a cross-country panel dataset, the determinants of spectrum prices of all the SMRA auctions held in about 25 countries during 1994–2019 will be carefully examined in this talk followed by a discussion on some interesting findings. Based on these findings, policy prescriptions are presented towards fixing appropriate reserve prices, providing a clear visibility of spectrum availability, and increasing competition in mobile services for effective use of scarce radio spectrum.

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