ATIS 3rd Generation Partnership Project

About
The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is a collaboration agreement that was established in December 1998. The collaboration agreement brings together a number of telecommunications standards bodies which are known as “Organizational Partners”. ATIS is a founding organizational partner of 3GPP. Current partners are ARIB, CCSA, ETSI, TTA and TTC.

Scope
The original scope of 3GPP was to produce globally applicable Technical Specifications and Technical Reports for a 3rd Generation Mobile System based on evolved GSM core networks and the radio access technologies that they support (i.e., Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) both Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and Time Division Duplex (TDD) modes). 

The scope was subsequently amended to include the maintenance and development of the Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) Technical Specifications and Technical Reports including evolved radio access technologies (e.g. General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE)).

Membership
Membership in ATIS is a prerequisite for becoming an ATIS 3GPP IM -- which would allow you to participate in all of the 3GPP meetings, receive and contribute documents into the meetings, take part in the decision-making process, and hold leadership positions.Member companies must be affiliated with one of the 3GPP Organizational Partners (OPs), such as ATIS, to be eligible to become a 3GPP Individual Member.

Fees
The 2009 ATIS 3GPP IM fees are mapped to the ATIS member dues structure (Classes A, B, C, or D) which are based upon annual revenues. The 2009 ATIS 3GPP IM fees are $51,000, $41,000, $31,500, and $21,500, respectively. ATIS membership fees and ATIS 3GPP IM fees must be paid in full prior to being able to participate in the 3GPP. Please contact Steve Barclay for additional information, or for any questions about membership.

Guest Status
Guest status was introduced for non-member companies which have the qualifications of being a member through one of the OPs but are not currently a member and therefore are unable to attend 3GPP Meetings. This status can only be granted for a short and defined period in order for the company to decide if it should join as an IM. This is usually long enough to enable that company to attend 2 plenary meetings.

This type of participation is granted on a case-by case-basis, depending on the company request and interest. Guest status gives your company the possibility to have representatives at TSG and Working Group meetings. Representatives may participate in discussions, receive and contribute documents, but may not take part in decision making or hold any leadership positions. You may request guest membership status.