The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is an umbrella term for a number of standards organizations which develop protocols for mobile telecommunications.

Its best known work is the development and maintenance of:[1] 3GPP is a consortium with seven national or regional telecommunication standards organizations as primary members ("organizational partners") and a variety of other organizations as associate members ("market representation partners").

[4] The 3GPP administrative support team (known as the "Mobile Competence Centre") is located at the European Telecommunications Standards Institute headquarters in the Sophia Antipolis technology park in France.

[23] There are three Technical Specifications Groups, each of which consists of multiple WGs: The closure of GERAN was announced in January 2016.

The 3GPP structure also includes a Project Coordination Group, which is the highest decision-making body.

Once a release is frozen, only essential corrections are allowed (i.e. addition and modifications of functions are forbidden).