The paper deals with the standardisation and regulatory context of Machine-to-Machine communications and the changes they cause in an electronic communications ecosystem. Research, innovation and market positioning of Machine-to-Machine communications in addressing global societal challenges is presented. Standardisation and adoption of interoperable standards are elaborated from the view of competition, investment and market development. Numbering and addressing, roaming, privacy and data security, and spectrum are discussed in terms of activities to be undertaken by the national regulatory authority. A case study on Machine-to-Machine communications in Croatia is given.
This paper deals with contemporary and future challenges to regulations regarding communication networks, in particular the Internet. Market, economic, social and public aspects of regulations are elaborated. The need for smart, efficient and solution-seeking regulations ranging from deregulation, self-and co-regulation to statutory regulation, is explained. Three dimensions of such regulations -type, impact, and topic -are presented in relation with Future Network and Future Internet, which includes, among others, Internet of Things and cloud computing. These issues are discussed in the context of the Digital Agenda for Croatia.
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