3GPP

3rd Generation Partnership Project
Abbreviation	3GPP
Formation	1998
Type	Standards organization
Region served	Worldwide
Website	www.3gpp.org

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is an umbrella term for a number of standards organizations which develop protocols for mobile telecommunications. Its best known work is the development and maintenance of:^[1]

GSM and related 2G and 2.5G standards, including GPRS and EDGE
UMTS and related 3G standards, including HSPA and HSPA+
LTE and related 4G standards, including LTE Advanced and LTE Advanced Pro
5G NR and related 5G standards, including 5G-Advanced
An evolved IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) developed in an access independent manner

3GPP is a consortium with seven national or regional telecommunication standards organizations as primary members ("organizational partners") and a variety of other organizations as associate members ("market representation partners"). The 3GPP organizes its work into three different streams: Radio Access Networks, Services and Systems Aspects, and Core Network and Terminals.^[2]

The project was established in December 1998 with the goal of developing a specification for a 3G mobile phone system based on the 2G GSM system, within the scope of the International Telecommunication Union's International Mobile Telecommunications-2000, hence the name 3GPP.^[3] It should not be confused with 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2), which developed a competing 3G system, CDMA2000.^[4]

The 3GPP administrative support team (known as the "Mobile Competence Centre") is located at the European Telecommunications Standards Institute headquarters in the Sophia Antipolis technology park in France.^[5]

^ 3GPP Scope and Objectives, 31 August 2007
^ "About 3GPP". 3GPP. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ "3GPP Background". 7 June 2000. Archived from the original on 6 July 2000.
^ "3rd Generation Partnership Project 2". Archived from the original on 23 January 2004. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
^ "Mobile Competence Centre". 3GPP. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

[1] 3GPP Scope and Objectives, 31 August 2007

[About_3GPP-2] "About 3GPP". 3GPP. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

[3] "3GPP Background". 7 June 2000. Archived from the original on 6 July 2000.

[4] "3rd Generation Partnership Project 2". Archived from the original on 23 January 2004. Retrieved 25 November 2012.

[5] "Mobile Competence Centre". 3GPP. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

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