3GPP?

3GPP? Ever heard of that acronym? What does it stand for anyway? 3GPP represents 3rd Generation Partnership Project and it is a collaboration agreement that was established in December 1998 between ETSI, ARIB or TTC, CCSA , ATIS and TTA to bring together a number of telecommunications standards bodies which are known as “Organizational Partners”. The agreement that was formalized by them is called “The 3rd Generation Partnership Project Agreement”.

The scope of 3GPP is to make a globally applicable 3G mobile-phone system specification within the scope of the ITU's IMT-2000 project. 3GPP specifications are based on evolved GSM specifications. 3GPP standardization encompasses Radio, Core Network and Service architecture. The objective of the projects includes setting 3GPP Technical Specifications and Technical Reports for the 3GPP core network and the specifications for the GSM core network.

For more information visit 3GPP.org


PDF format of “The 3rd Generation Partnership Project Agreement”.
PDF format of "3GPP Scope and Objectives".