Support for 3GPP

MCC support team

funded task forces

The Mobile Competence Centre (MCC) provides support to the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), as well as to ETSI's Technical Committee MSG, and the ETSI Projects SCP and RT.

MCC is an integrated team of over 25 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 4 continents. When needed, additional resource is provided in the form of MCC Task Forces.

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

To view the MCC organizational chart just click here (.ppt - 63 KB)

 

MCC  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 MCC budget. 

The MCC mission
is to meet the technical and administrative support requirements of the Technical Specification Groups within 3GPP, of TC MSG and EP SCP. This includes support during meetings, the management of related work items, the management andvacancies implementation of change requests and the editorship of technical specifications.

results of annual survey

In order to assist and supplement the work of the MCC, several "MCC Task Forces" have been 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. The following MCC Tasks are active or planned - click on each for more details.

"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.