[Ecommerce] Launch of a EC study on ICT standardisation

[Michelle Childs]

(14 July 2006)The European Commission has launched a study to prepare
recommendations that will ensure the EU's standardisation policy for the
information and communication technology sector meets the challenges of
today's fast moving markets. The analysis is being conducted against the
background of major changes in the ICT sector. The combination of
liberalisation and globalisation has brought competition within and
between sectors, strategic partnerships between companies and
a decreasing role for governments. The most striking development is the
shift from hardware to software and the impact this has on traditional
standardisation policy. The results of the study, and its proposals, will
be presented at an open workshop in spring 2007.

For more details of the study/team deliverables see:

http://www.ictstandardisation.eu/


There is also a conference held as part of the Finnish Presidency in
November on Infomration Society Technologies (IST) that include  sessions
on IPR and standards
 http://europa.eu.int/information_society/istevent/2006/index_en.htm




--
Michelle Childs -Head of European Affairs
Consumer Project on Technology in London
24, Highbury Crescent, London, N5 1RX,UK.
Tel:+44(0)207 226 6663 ex 252.
Mob:+44(0)790 386 4642. Fax: +44(0)207 354 0607
http://www.cptech.org

Consumer Project on Technology in Washington, DC
1621 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20009 USA .Tel.:
+1.202.332.2670,Fax: +1.202.332.2673

Consumer Project on Technology in Geneva
1 Route des  Morillons, CP 2100, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 791 6727