There are a variety of ways to find the right specification or an area of work covered by 3GPP. This section will provide you with ways to get to where the specifications come from or to where the published versions can be downloaded.
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Technology Overviews
A selection of articles from the Browse our Technologies section.
The section contains (searchable) articles that seek to explain some 3GPP keywords and acronyms, by providing background material on them & some links to related 'further reading'.
Approved Specifications
3GPP specifications are made available - free of charge - four times a year following the quarterly Technical Specification Group (TSG) plenary meetings. At each TSG round, specs can be:
- Brought under change control (i.e. at least 80% complete).
- Unchanged from their previous versions.
- Revised as a result of incorporating approved Change Requests.
- At Release-freeze time, upgraded to that Release with no technical change.
The 3GPP Mobile Competence Centre (MCC) makes all Specifications available as soon as possible following each TSG plenary meeting round.
