Europea Vs Standard-Setting Model

* Ability to negotiate with operators in the US may affect its development in the US. This may limit its growth in the future given that the US is the No.1 smartphone market all over the world.

In order to understand the evolvement of the Single Market of the European Union, one has to take the general background into consideration. Therefore, it is important to have a look at the Treaty on European Union (Maastricht Treaty) which gave birth to the creation of the Single Market. Having been the Common Market before the Maastricht treaty, the European Economic Community (EEC) Treaty already clarified the objective of cooperation between member states. Throughout the Single Market, those objectives should be transformed into reality.

What would happen if wireless devices were not governed by the Wi-Fi Alliance and each vendor had its own standards and protocols? What impact would this have on your personal life or business communications?

Since 1996, the European Union's Trademark Regulation has allowed a single trademark registration enforceable in all members of the European Union.

What would happen if wireless devices were not governed by the Wi-Fi Alliance and each vendor had its own standards and protocol? What impact would this have on your personal life or business communications?

Standards are put in place to make everything work together error free. Because Stability, Consistency, Minimization of packet errors.

Big growth potential due to acceptance of European standard as international standard in Asia and South America

Unfixed, data caps made by Mobile Phone Providers in the form of surcharges and roaming fees that occur either when zero data remaining on a service plan or outside of the network (i.e., traveling across- border), is up for debate. The effect of roaming for the end-user is slowed or dropped calls and high penalty fees. Those roaming fees initiated the European Commissioner to “Telecom Single Package” Regulation that was amended to become a policy that defined the difference between roaming charges and domestic tariffs should reach zero rates were guidelines amended Regulation No 531/2012 to add Article 6 (a). Mobile telecommunications operators and government official co-regulated this policy to make the wholesale charges

The two major carriers in my area are T-Mobile and AT&T. Since I live 30 minutes from a major metropolitan area and there are swampy areas between me and the metropolitan, I generally do not benefit from the latest cellular technology. Most of the towers in the area are owned or operated by AT&T or T-Mobile. Since T-Mobile and AT&T use the GSM standard, they can share the same towers and support each other’s customers. AT&T and T-Mobile have a strong 2G presence in the area. AT&T installed a decent 3G infrastructure about three years ago to handle the increase in the number of devices sold in the area. T-Mobile has skipped the 3G installation in most of my area and moved directly to 4G LTE installations. There are still very few T-Mobile

The telecommunications industry has steadily rebound since 2009; this is because of the growth of not only the mobile and broadband structures, but also the increase of the video market. In Figure 1, the projected outcome is indicates a steady increase in the new 4G mobile broadband networks which will fuel continued wireless growth. “Business customers in particular will continue to use this technology to expand their capabilities beyond the desktop computer. Emerging markets such as China, India and Latin America are expected to see strong growth,” (Verizon, 2011).

Wireless networking hardware requires the use of underlying technology that deals with radio frequencies as well as data transmission. The most widely used standard is 802.11 produced by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). This is a standard defining all aspects of Radio Frequency Wireless networking

Subsequently, FASB became a supporter of improved international practices and of one set of standards to be used globally.

international standards- Meant to be conducted in a diverse legal and cultural environment within the organization- to adhere to basic principles, promote value adding and improve orgnizational processes and operations,

The European Union is a political community constituted as an international organization whose aim is to promote integration and a common government of the European people and countries. According to the Article 3 of the European Union Treaty, Union’s aim is to promote peace, its values and the well-being of its peoples. It is based on the values of freedom, democracy, equality, law enforcement and respect for human rights and dignity.

With the effect of the Single European Act on 1st July 1987, the emergence of European Union (EU) as a common market has essentially been created. The benefits of this act are substantial to European firms, economies, and workers. It eliminates conflicting national regulations and trade barriers, as well as offering firms opportunity to sell their goods to all other EU members (Griffin & Pustay 2005).