In this IEC Global Visions interview, Matthias Kurth, President Federal Network Agency, shares why he believes in standardization and how IEC International Standards help his agency to accelerate the convergence and renovation of the Energy, Telecommunications, Transport and Postal Sectors in Germany and in Europe. Why standards are necessary to get competitors to cooperate on common goals and to stimulate investments in new technologies and safeguard industry and consumer needs. How they can help avoid island solutions and promote interoperability of products and networks.