Openness, Technical Standardization and Regulation

Ouverture, standardisation technique et régulation

Pierre-Jean Benghozi ()
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Pierre-Jean Benghozi: CRG I3 - Centre de recherche en gestion i3 - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - Université Paris-Saclay - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: In information and communications technology even more than in other branches of industry, standardization is a key factor for regulating competition. However, the economic issues, given their importance, set limits on a standardization that combines cooperation (in drafting standards) and competition (in applying them). Given the characteristics of present-day technical systems, it is time to reconsider the place and forms of standardization, which, by its very nature, lies outside the scope of economic regulations in the strict sense of the word. New developments in telecommunication networks have upended historical standardization procedures, which are open to a new conception of standards centered around the issue of interoperability. Guaranteeing that the Internet remains open means knowing how to adjust the economic and technical limits on access that a network's material characteristics impose.

Keywords: Normalization; Technical Standardization; Regulation; Digital Economy; Internet Governance; Normalisation; Standardisation technique; Régulation; Economie numérique; Gouvernance de l’Internet (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-03
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Published in Annales des Mines - Enjeux Numériques, 2019, Normaliser le numérique ?, 5, pp.11-15

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