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To: Peter J Hudson who wrote (5574)	12/17/2000 3:00:07 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 197328

ETSI Mobile News: Special Edition - UMTS 2000 3gpp.org This issue of ETSI Mobile News takes a look back at SMG but, of course, must also look forward - not only to the future of GSM and 3rd Generation systems, but also to other mobile technologies Contents: * Transfer of GSM/GPRS/EDGE standards development from ETSI to 3GPP * Release 99 from TSG-Terminals (3GPP specifications for terminals) * Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) new phase (Release 2) * New Public Safety Partnership (ETSI and USA's TIA) * TC SMG : a Retrospective of GSM standards development (history) * Geostationary Mobile Satellite System (GMSS) - (ETSI and USA's TIA) * Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) * 3GPP Smart Card Activity A short excerpt from the 8 informative pages. >> End of an Era Recognition of the importance of coherence between 2nd and 3rd Generation standardization has also led recently to some organizational changes. Specification of the hugely successful GSM technology has been the task of ETSI almost since the Institute's creation, and before that within CEPT, dating back to the early 1980s. So an agreement made by ETSI and 3GPP to close the ETSI Special Mobile Group (SMG) - the body that has been responsible for developing the GSM systems. We all celebrate SMG's spectacular achievements. However, the co-operative relationship among the major standards development organizations of the world will continue to flourish through our friendly engagement in 3GPP. SMG closed at the end of July 2000, the 3GPP Organizational Partners having agreed to the transfer of certain parts of ongoing GSM specification into the Partnership Project. Specifically, the Partners, meeting in Beijing in July, agreed to create a new Technical Specification Group (TSG) called GERAN - GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network. GERAN's principal responsibilities will be the maintenance and development of GSM Technical Specifications and Technical Reports, including GSM evolved radio access technologies (such as the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE). New ETSI groups The Organizational Partners agreed that some of SMG's work was not appropriate for transfer to 3GPP, and ETSI has established two new groups to continue those activities. Technical Committee MSG (Mobile Standards Group) has, as its principal task, the production of European Standards needed for regulatory purposes related to 2nd and 3rd Generation mobile systems. The second group is the ETSI Project - Smart Card Platform (EP SCP), which creates a central focus point for the standardization of a generic integrated circuit (IC) card platform. Because of the universal nature of its scope, this open group is expected to attract extensive participation by companies and standards-making groups from throughout the world. << - Eric -