Initial Standardization of Disruptive Innovations in Radiocommunication Technology in Consortia

This chapter sketches a conceivable avenue in order to lower the hurdles weighing on innovative radiocommunication technologies that arise from European product and spectrum use regulations. To begin with, these regimes and their economic or political justifications will be succinctly described. This appraisal permits to contend that the central hurdle for innovative radiocommunication technologies in Europe is the gatekeeper function explicitly or implicitly assigned to ETSI by these regimes. Initial standardization efforts within consortia may be the practicable avenue alleviating the impediments weighing on disruptive innovations in radiocommunication technology.