3GPP2

full spelling : 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) is a collaborative third generation (3G) telecommunications specifications-setting project established in December 1998. It's collaboration between ARIB/TTC (Japan), CCSA (China), TIA (North America) and TTA (South Korea).

3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 is responsible for development of the next generation CDMA2000 wireless communications. The scope of 3GPP2 is to make a globally applicable third generation (3G) mobile phone system specification within the scope of the ITU's IMT-2000 project. IMT-2000 is intended to bring high-quality mobile multimedia telecommunications to a worldwide mass market by increasing the speed and ease of wireless communication services.