Trading Orbit Spectrum Assignments in the Space Satellite Industry
探讨在市场中交易轨道位置和卫星频率使用权的可行性，分析国际电信联盟、美国联邦通信委员会等机构的作用，并评估拍卖等分配方式对经济效率和公平性的影响。
Is it feasible to trade rights to use orbital slots and associated satellite frequencies in a market? Can such rights be delimited today? What is the role of international organs like the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), national agencies like the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), or the United Kingdom's Frequency Planning Organs (FPOs)? What evidence is there that such rights or assignments are in fact configured now and do indeed exist? Are they frequently traded in international as well as domestic broadcast and mobile radio services? Even if practical and viable, what economic policy or equity purposes are served by configuring actual markets for transferable or exchangeable orbit spectrum assignments? Or for schemes where national or international authorities distribute such assignments under competition or specifically by auction to the highest bidder? That is, through public as well as private auctions? Do auctions in any case further distributive equity and not just economic efficiency?'