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Regulating

Overview

The regulation of radiocommunications is a complex business. Commonly termed spectrum management, its functions today varies widely across Europe. Some countries still practice command and control while others are already liberal with the telecommunications and broadcast markets themselves playing a huge role in deciding who gets access to what spectrum. Mostly spectrum regulation is mixed.

Some spectrum is designated license exempt; the so-called spectrum commons. Some is designated light touch; where the regulator monitors use. Other spectrum is auctioned off to the highest bidder. Finally some remains under command and control but with price used as an incentive to promote effective use.

Regulating

Spectrum regulation is ATDI’s core business, offering both software to facilitate regulation and consulting services to help regulators and operators make informed decisions about use of spectrum.
ATDI’s regulatory tools are threefold: the first is a set of desktop tools operating under client-server architecture; the second is a range of tools for embedding into other systems and the third is a range of web-services that provide specific spectrum management services on a request-response basis.

ATDI provide a comprehensive consulting service. Its engineers have written user requirement definitions for Battlespace and civil spectrum management systems. They have implemented these systems across regulators, deploying and integrating software with existing systems for billing, contact management and accounts. They have implemented FAT (frequency allocation table), EFIS (European frequency information system) and other portals to permit service access from regulators’ web sites. And ATDI engineers have trained regulators’ staff in spectrum management business processes and the engineering aspects of the work.

ATDI is a spectrum management company – in whatever form regulation takes – both now and in the future.

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