Several years ago USAID formed an alliance of nonprofits and contractors working on a variety of projects in the area of governance, education, and public access in developing countries. The dot-com alliance has issued a series of short papers on various ICT-related topics. Several discuss regulations and wireless networks. "Free market competiton and licensing: methods to improve ICT access" provides an introduction to licensing, why it's important and some issues to consider. "Spectrum management: the key to wireless technology" is very basic and while it devotes some space to what are euphemistically called challenges it does not delve into the battles or serious problems like "amp wars" that are taking place in many areas where wireless has been deployed. Excess power can seriously impede others from providing a service or connecting to a wireless network. This pamphet does include more extensive web-based documents on wireless. Disclaimer: I'm on the technical advisory board for this alliance.
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