Minimizing barriers to market entry; open Identity Services provisioning

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Government authorities typically impose capability requirements on services provisioning architectures and protocols to minimize the barriers to market entry and enhance competitive opportunities both domestically and internationally, to meet a number of public policy objectives. These requirements often include prohibitions against unfair bundling of network elements and services to customers, especially by dominant providers. Examples with respect to identifier unbundling are described below under the Identifier Provisioning section. Very extensive open provisioning regimes have been established over the past two decades by international bodies such as the World Trade Organization, regional bodies such as the European Commission, and national regulatory and competition authorities. Some requirements may, however, be tempered by national security and critical infrastructure protection considerations.