Convergence des technologies de l’information : plaidoyer pour une nouvelle normativité des communications dans l’espace UEMOA
The combination of the telephony, Internet and audiovisual sectors due to the convergence of information technology (IT) raises numerous legal questions concerning the adequacy of the legal framework. Thus, the present study proposes a reading of space law West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) under the prism of convergence. Firstly, it questions the adequacy of the regulations at both Community and state level take into account this technological change, and the advisability of maintaining the current normative model of bringing together different legal frameworks and regulators for more and more integrated activities. Secondly, taking into account the constant evolution of IT and the advent of the phenomena of globalization and inspired by practices in the European Union and Canada, the prospective study subjects some major Lines of a new IT normativity. It proposes a revision of the regulatory framework as well as a modification of the status of the IT regulatory bodies. Keywords : information technology, convergence, regulatory authority, independent administrative authority, regulation, electronic communications, globalization
Convergence Information technology Regulatory authority Independent administrative authority Electronic communications Globalization