Welcome to the InfoSci Platform
Reference Hub2
The Significance of Government's Role in Technology Standardization: Two Cases in the Wireless Communications Industry

The Significance of Government's Role in Technology Standardization: Two Cases in the Wireless Communications Industry

DongBack Seo
Copyright: © 2010 |Volume: 12 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 11
ISSN: 1548-7717|EISSN: 1548-7725|ISSN: 1548-7717|EISBN13: 9781616929138|EISSN: 1548-7725|DOI: 10.4018/jcit.2010010105
Cite Article Cite Article

MLA

Seo, DongBack. "The Significance of Government's Role in Technology Standardization: Two Cases in the Wireless Communications Industry." JCIT vol.12, no.1 2010: pp.63-73. http://doi.org/10.4018/jcit.2010010105

APA

Seo, D. (2010). The Significance of Government's Role in Technology Standardization: Two Cases in the Wireless Communications Industry. Journal of Cases on Information Technology (JCIT), 12(1), 63-73. http://doi.org/10.4018/jcit.2010010105

Chicago

Seo, DongBack. "The Significance of Government's Role in Technology Standardization: Two Cases in the Wireless Communications Industry," Journal of Cases on Information Technology (JCIT) 12, no.1: 63-73. http://doi.org/10.4018/jcit.2010010105

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite Full-Issue Download

Abstract

For first generation (1G) wireless communications technology standards, the Japanese government’s early decision provided an opportunity for its national manufacturers to be first movers in the global market, while the late development of wireless communications in Korea made the Korean market dependent on foreign manufacturers by adopting the U.S. standard (AMPS). Moving toward the 2G wireless technology market, both countries decided to develop standards instead of adopting a technology from outside their regions. Japan developed its own standard, PDC, while Korea developed CDMA systems with Qualcomm, the U.S. technology provider. Although these governments’ decisions on technologies looked only slightly different, the socio-economic consequences were greatly distinctive. The Korean success brought not only the rapid development of its domestic market but also opportunities for its manufacturers to become global leaders, while the PDC standard only provided the fast growth of the Japanese domestic market without any opportunities for the Japanese manufacturers to grow further internationally in the 1990s. By the end of 1990s, two nations again had to decide a 3G technology standard with vast challenges and pressures.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.