Introduction -- History of electrotechnology and communications standardization -- Technical standardization stakeholders -- Global standardization organizations -- Regional (EU) standardization organizations -- National standardization organizations -- Technical standard documents -- Technical standard life cycle -- Technical standards and innovation -- Conclusion.

This book gives a thorough explanation of standardization, its processes, its life cycle, and its related organization on a national, regional and global level. The book provides readers with an insight in the interaction cycle between standardization organizations, government, industry, and consumers. The readers can gain a clear insight to standardization and innovation process, standards, and innovations life-cycle and the related organizations with all presented material in the field of information and communications technologies. The book introduces the reader to understand perpetual play of standards and innovation cycle, as the basis for the modern world. Provides a thorough explanation of standardization and innovation in relation to communications engineering and information technology Discusses the standardization and innovation processes and organizations on global, regional, and national levels Interconnects standardization and innovation, showing the perpetual life-cycle that is the basis of technology progress.