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To: rkral who wrote (144393)	8/17/2006 3:00:24 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

ETSI and 3GPP 'Releases' << I understand GSM Phase l to be GSM w/o GPRS, GSM Phase 2 to add GPRS, and GSM Phase 2+ to add EDGE. Is that correct? >> No. GPRS was one of many GSM enhancements in GSM Phase 2+ which continues to evolve, and was not part of Phase 2. The decision to evolve GSM beyond Phase 2 was made in late 1992 at a Helsinki ETSI workshop, and QUALCOMM's Ed Tiedeman was a special guest at that meeting. Requirements for Phase 2+ evolved in parallel with the actual development of Phase 2. The 1st GSM Phase 2+ specification was Release 1996 (and it did not include GPRS) while Phase 2 elements were polished. 3gpp.org << What then was the mission of TSG GERAN? >> To evolve GSM Phase 2+ in 3GPP which sensibly took over that responsibility from ETSI since GSM and WCDMA are inextricably entwined in UMTS. << Well, that makes my hard evidence that Qualcomm Europe representatives were present at TSG GERAN meetings meaningless. >> Not really. Since they were present at earlier ETSI GSM meetings it was only natural they would continue that participation in GERAN once the transfer was made. << would you please post a brief answer? :-)) >> Brief enough? - Eric -