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Dissertation Information for David K. Lassner

NAME:
- David K. Lassner

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- University of Hawaii (USA) (1998)

ADVISORS:
- Dan J. Wedemeyer

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- Curtis P. Ho
- Meheroo Jussawalla
- Miles Merrill Jackson
- L. S. Harms
- Theodor Irmer

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: Global telecommunications standardization in transition: Impacts on Southeast Asia

Abstract: Global telecommunications standards have become much more important in the technologically advancing, increasingly internationalized and structurally evolving telecommunications environment of the world today. During the past two decades as telecommunications has transformed technically and structurally, the traditional standardization regime has been stressed by new expectations and pressures, while still encumbered by traditional working methods and policies. Organizations such as the International Telecommunications Union and International Organization for Standardization have been increasingly perceived as unable to create the standards needed, with the speed required by the marketplace.

The restructuring of the telecommunications sectors within Europe, Japan and the U.S. brought with it the emergence of regional telecommunications standardization organizations. The rising demand for market-based standards is also being increasingly met by consortia of providers concerned with the interoperability of the new products and services they bring to market. And the explosion of the Internet upon the scene has brought the TCP/IP standards, created by the grass-roots Internet Engineering Task Force, into the forefront of standardization.

There has been a widespread recognition within the standardization regime that more needs to be done to involve users, who create the markets for products and services based on the standards developed. But participation by users, including the non-dominant economies of the world which represent huge emerging markets, has been minimal. These non-participating countries hold formal membership in the organizations responsible for standardization but have not been active in the process. The movement of standardization to fora outside the formal global arena has the potential to further institutionalize the limited involvement of these non-dominant economies, as they do not even hold membership in the regional standards organizations or industrial consortia.

This research reconciles the actual concerns within three non-participating nations of Southeast Asia with the literature and activities in progress. It concludes with a recommendation for greater regional cooperation in telecommunications standardization within the Asia-Pacific region.


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calculated 2008-01-31 06:31:29

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ADVISEES:
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COMMITTEESHIPS:
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