Standards have become enablers of complex digital systems that provide a foundation for the present-day digital economy. While existing literature analyzes the factors behind the dominance of one standard over another, there has been little focus on the standards committees that define the standards. This study comparatively analyzes the case of the Rich Communication Services (RCS) and Voice over LTE (VoLTE) standards to examine the characteristics of standards committees. The findings provide lessons learned for standards committees, including non-tiered open membership, and sufficient depth of specifications. Most importantly, a new model is proposed for standards development, based on which the standards committee focuses on technical specifications with open membership, while industry consortia focus on commercial profiling of the technical specifications with the lead of influential players. The new model is expected to resolve the tradeoff between the development speed and stability of communications standards.

标准已成为复杂数字系统的推动者，为当今的数字经济奠定了基础。虽然现有文献分析了一种标准优于另一种标准的因素，但很少关注定义标准的标准委员会。本研究比较分析了富通信服务 (RCS) 和语音 LTE (VoLTE) 标准的案例，以检验标准委员会的特点。调查结果为标准委员会提供了经验教训，包括非分级开放成员资格和足够深度的规范。最重要的是，提出了一种新的标准制定模式，标准委员会在此基础上专注于开放成员的技术规范，而行业联盟则在有影响力的参与者的带领下专注于技术规范的商业分析。新模型有望解决通信标准的发展速度和稳定性之间的权衡。