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FORE - WORD Inside Issue 4

Georg Mayer (TSG SA Chair) takes a look at
Looking forward to meeting again building consensus in 3GPP and how the
race against the clock focuses our collective
minds on a cooperative approach to building
Welcome to the fourth issue of 3GPP Issue 4 of HIGHLIGHTS has new releases. Wanshi Chen (TSG RAN Chair)
Highlights, a publication that aims to been re-designed to mirror the has contributed a more detailed look at the
bring you news from the project and look of our new 3GPP website, progress made in the last RAN Plenary – in
to provide an insight into how 3GPP scheduled for its launch around March. His article demonstrates the balance
is opening up to new challenges. the same time. Despite the needed between administrative tasks, detailed
re-look, the newsletter content meeting planning and on making progress on
Although there is no single theme the latest releases. Lionel Morand (TSG CT Chair)
for this issue, a lot of the content is is divided into the customary has written on the subject of a specific technical
looking forward to our planned return sections on technical news, achievement – covering the selection of OpenAPIs
to physical face-to-face meetings, partner contributions and a for the definition of APIs in the Service-Based
from June. That won’t be the end of catch-all news and events section Architecture and the use of the 3GPP Forge for
e-meetings – Far from it. We now have - ‘a look inside’. their storage.
our Working Procedures updated to As usual, the majority of the
allow for both physical and virtual technical articles in Highlights The diversity of the TSG Chair’s articles
meetings to contribute fully. We have are about the status of maturing demonstrates the potential we have in our regular
an article on the topic of the Working features for the 3GPP system and newsletter to go beyond the usual headline story
Procedure updates for meetings and the plans for new ones, as 5G of release status and generational markers – vitally
also a contribution from the MCC on develops into its advanced phase. important though they are to our message.
the challenges for hosts and delegates The contributions by several expert delegates and
alike, to get ready for the June TSG officials in this issue are witness to the depth and
plenaries - our first face-to-face breadth of the technology that 3GPP covers. The
meetings since the end of 2019. partners have again stepped up in this issue and
we thank them for their market and standards
3GPP website this summer expertise, reflected in their articles in the ‘Partner
Focus’ section.
A new 3GPP website is launched We hope that you enjoy this new look Issue 4 of
this summer, with a new look and ‘Highlights’. If so, please tell a friend to subscribe.
an improved user experience for If not, please tell me and I will work to be better
newcomers and oldies alike. next time.
New site features include a beefed
up ‘browse our technologies’
tool, to showcase use cases and Kevin Flynn
technologies as they arrive in 3GPP. 3GPP Marketing and
Communications
All of the old website functionality
has been preserved, behind this new kevin.flynn@3gpp.org
shop window for 3GPP work.

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