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Legacy 2G/3G

RAN6 closure, GERAN no more

Via 3GPP

Jul 9, 2020

July 8, 2020

At the recent RAN (#88e) plenary meeting, Working Group 6 – responsible for the GERAN and UTRAN radio and protocol work - was formally closed.

The closure of RAN6 marks the end of a significant era for the mobile industry. The group covered work on 2G and 3G radio capabilities, carrying on from 2G's roots in the original GSM pan-European digital mobile standard.

With 3G, the potential of a global market - for the equipment, handsets and for roaming – began to be achieved, as the standards community of Europe, China, Japan, Korea and North America united in 3GPP, from 1998. This highly successful project helped propel 2G evolution into 3G, onwards to fulfilling its promise to become the economic and technology success story of the 21st Century.

SMG 1999 smallTime marches on though, and although 2G and 3G are still in use today - it is time for the standards community to focus efforts on the new generations. As 4G evolves to 5G, we are safe in the knowledge that the GERAN and UTRAN standards, and the core network behind them are completely stable and can continue to be used for as long as there is a need.

3GPP thanks all past 3GPP and ETSI officials and delegates for all their hard work in creating and maintaining such a hugely successful set of standards!

Further reading:

  • 3GPP TSG RAN will oversee RAN6 any future matters arising.
  • A fuller history of the GSM standard from ETSI is online at https://www.etsi.org/technologies/mobile/2g#
  • See the news story on the TSG GERAN move to WG RAN6: “All roads lead to IoT, from GERAN to RAN”, January 25, 2016
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