Support for 3GPP

3GPP Support Team

Funded Task Forces

The 3GPP Support Team provides support to the 3^rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), as well as to ETSI's Technical Committee MSG, and the ETSI Projects SCP and RT.

The Support Team is an integrated unit of around 20 people, comprising ETSI Secretariat Officers, Assistants and Contracted Experts. This has led to an effective working environment, making the best use of the diverse skills of the team's members. The team is truly international with members originating from more than a dozen countries across the continents. When needed, additional resource is provided in the form of Task Forces.

The activities of the Support Team are included within the ETSI Quality System and as such are fully subject to the requirements of ISO 9002.

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The Support Team combines voluntary resources with funded resources, all of which are located at the ETSI Headquarters in Sophia Antipolis, southern France. Some experts have been provided by the 3GPP Partners; the remaining team members are paid for from the 3GPP support budget.

The Support Team's mission
is to meet the technical and administrative support requirements of the Technical Specification Groups within 3GPP, of related ETSI groups MSG, RT and SCP (not funded from 3GPP budget). This includes support before, during and after meetings, the management of related work items, the management and implementation of change requests and the editorship of technical specifications.

results of satisfaction surveys
2000 ~ 2001~ 2002 ~ 2006

In order to assist and supplement the work of the regular team, special "Task Forces" are from time to time established. These are based on the existing very successful format of "Specialist Task Forces" created and used extensively by ETSI.

The concept enables additional experts to be engaged on a contract basis to perform very specific tasks within well-defined timescales.

At present there is one active MCC Tasks open
- MCC Task 160

Former MCC task
- MCC Task 272
has been merged into Task 160.

"Calls for Experts" are made from time to time in order to fill vacancies in new or existing Tasks - details of vacancies are posted on the 3GPP web site.

Vacancies arising from time to time in the MCC support team and in MCC Task Forces are announced on these pages.

Last update:
2007-03-20 - editorial to hyperlinks
2007-03-18 - editorial to hyperlinks
2007-05-09 - editorial revisions
2007-04-20 - editorial correction

2007-03-19 - Add results of 2006 survey; merge Task 272 into Task 160.
2006-03-13 - Deletion of Recruitment of a PTCC Officer

2006-03-10 - Recruitment of a PTCC Officer - MCC Task 160 Description and Terms of Reference for 2006-2007