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The struggle for co-existence : communication policy by private technical standards making and its limits in unlicensed spectrum

Rashid, I; Simpson, S

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I Rashid



Abstract

Huge increase in the demand by the wireless sector to use the airwaves has trained focus on the classic policy problem of resource scarcity in the field. This article illuminates a
part of wireless communication – unlicensed spectrum – where a particularly fractious debate over the future usage of such space has developed between incumbent Wi-Fi interests and new entrants from the field of licensed mobile communication. The case
is novel in that private technical standards making has become a site aimed at resolving what is a contest for co-existence in unlicensed spectrum. In its conceptualisation of
private technical standards making processes as communication policy activity, the article illuminates both their affordances and limitations. It also shows the enduring utility of public regulatory steer in what are, in effect, private self-regulatory processes
aimed at creating solutions to problems with a complex socio-technical character.

Citation

Rashid, I., & Simpson, S. (2021). The struggle for co-existence : communication policy by private technical standards making and its limits in unlicensed spectrum. Information, Communication and Society, 24(4), 576-593. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2019.1662072

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 26, 2019
Online Publication Date Sep 7, 2019
Publication Date Mar 12, 2021
Deposit Date Sep 23, 2019
Publicly Available Date Nov 7, 2019
Journal Information, Communication and Society
Print ISSN 1369-118X
Electronic ISSN 1468-4462
Publisher Routledge
Volume 24
Issue 4
Pages 576-593
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2019.1662072
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2019.1662072
Related Public URLs https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rics20/current

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