3GPP

cooperation agreement founded and made official in December 1998 between telecommunications associations (ARIB {Japan}, ETSI {Europe}, CCSA {China}, ATIS {North America} and TTA {South Korea})

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is a collaboration between groups of telecommunications associations, to make a globally applicable third generation (3G) mobile phone system specification within the scope of the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 project of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). 3GPP specifications are based on evolved Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) specifications. 3GPP standardization encompasses Radio, Core Network and Service architecture.
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