Radio frequency spectrum, like many other natural resources, is a key component of the overall economic development in a society. Its rational and efficient exploitation can enhance economic competitiveness of a nation, as well as create jobs and improve the quality of life of its citizens.

With the rapid advancements in wireless communication along other technologies that rely on the use of the RF spectrum in recent years, the demand for radio spectrum resources has grown considerably, and it seems likely that this trend will continue in the near future. Since the frequency spectrum is a limited resource, its capacity to accommodate new users or services can reach saturation and theoretically not be able to provide accommodation to all users' needs without causing a minimum amount of interference to other users. In light of this problem, national and international spectrum regulatory agencies are placing a greater emphasis on maximizing the efficiency with which the available spectrum is used. With this in mind, special consideration are being given to adopting new technologies and innovative regulatory policies that enable the effective sharing and/or reuse of the spectrum. Implementation of an effective spectrum management system requires experienced and very well trained spectrum managers to satisfy the tremendous demand on radio frequency spectrum resources.

To manage spectrum more effectively, it is required that spectrum managers know, among other things, how the different bands are being used and which ones offer possibilities for sharing , which technologies and services are used nowadays, or what are the current regulatory policies used to allocate the spectrum. In other words, the spectrum management is an interdisciplinary field that requires knowledge of a wide range of disciplines including engineering, RF propagation and interaction with natural constituents, economics, telecommunications law, public policy and regulation.