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3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project)


Term
3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project)

Abbreviation
3GPP

Definition
The 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) is a collaboration between groups of telecommunications associations. The initial scope of 3GPP was to make a globally applicable third-generation (3G) mobile phone system specification based on evolved Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) specifications within the scope of the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 project of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

Taxonomy Associations