... on extensive legal and comparative research into the present legal framework and develops a new approach of conceptualizing the legal obstacles that digital consumers can be confronted with. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Digital content markets Consumer protection Standardization...

... action; require that infrastructure providers use open standards, without specifying which standards should be used; mandate a particular standard to be used; and specify the standard to be used. Ofcom developed a policy framework that assesses interventions in terms of prospects for innovation...

...Heejin Lee; Shirley Chan; Sangjo Oh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show that, since China's accession to the WTO in 2001, standards have emerged as an effective means to protect and promote domestic industries, especially in the ICT sector. China has made several attempts to set its...

...Anthony Michael Rutkowski Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show that, over the past 20 years, a combination of industry, technological, and legal developments has effectively ended the viability of standards bodies to charge for their published specifications and related registration...

...Pieter Ballon; Richard Hawkins; Pieter Ballon Purpose This paper aims to explore the question: “What is the relationship between standards and business models?” and illustrate the conceptual linkage with reference to developments in the mobile communications industry. Design...

...Christopher Palmberg; Erik Bohlin; Dan Saugstrup; Anders Henten Purpose The main purpose of this paper is to analyze which standard/technology will win the 3G mobile markets. In addition, two sub topics are examined. First, which kind of victory will it be – will one technological solution...

...Christopher Palmberg; Erik Bohlin; Eric J. Iversen; Richard Tee Purpose The purpose of this mainly conceptual paper is to analyze key changes in the institutional setting for standardization and to discuss what they indicate about further developments of the mobile sector. The intention...

...; to promote access to the internet and higher bandwidth services; and to protect media plurality. Telecommunications Malaysia Standardization United Kingdom India South Africa The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors that are driving some governments toward the formation...

... Standardization Competitive strategy Innovation Japan PDC‐P, a 9.6 kbps (later upgraded to 28.8 kbps) packet‐switched network; the i‐mode server, which functions as a gateway between PDC‐P and the content provider sites; terminals including micro‐browsers; portal; official and unofficial...