Having read the title, it should not surprise you that this section deals with the creation of the Partnership Project for the standardisation of a Third Generation Mobile Communications System (3GPP). Why, you may ask, in a history book about the GSM and UMTS development, do I want to talk about the establishment of a partnership project? Isn’t it the most natural thing to do? This is, of course, a stance an insider can take today – after nearly 30 months of 3GPP’s creation and the smooth and s