Ofcom have recently published a consultation regarding Spectrum Pricing for Maritaime and Aviation sectors.
Applying spectrum pricing to the Maritime and Aeronautical sectors | Ofcom
Before Ofcom we had the RA who were more technically advanced than ther successors who stated:
Consequently the Agency agrees with the recommendations of the Smith NERA study that incentive spectrum pricing would not benefit the management of this spectrum
Appendix 4 - Aeronautical and Maritime Sectors
So what has happened to change the status quo?