3rd Generation Partnership Project
- Formal
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3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is a collaboration between groups of telecommunications associations. The initial scope of 3GPP was to make a globally applicable 3G mobile phone system specification based on evolved Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) specifications.
- Practical
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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).