3GPP PCG#39
`Vienna, Austria,
`28 September 2017
`PCG39_08
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`MCC Activity Report
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`© 3GPP 2012
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`Source
`Adrian Scrase
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`PCG#39 – Vienna, Austria –28 September 2017
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`© 3GPP 2017
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`Vienna, Austria,
`28 September 2017
`PCG39_08
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`MCC Activity Report
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`© 3GPP 2012
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`Source
`Adrian Scrase
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`PCG#39 – Vienna, Austria –28 September 2017
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`© 3GPP 2017
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`Contents
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`Departures and Arrivals
`Resource Allocation
`Workload
`Check-in at Meetings
`3GPP Membership
`Antitrust Compliance Training
`Summary and Outlook
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`Departures and Arrivals
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`There have been no new departures or arrivals since PCG#38.
`In accordance with the decision taken at PCG#38, a new Officer has been recruited
`to provide additional support to the RAN Working Groups.
`The new Officer will be in post from 2 November 2017.
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`Adrian Scrase
`CTO, ETSI
`Joern Krause
`Alain Sultan
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`Juha Korhonen
`Mirko Cano
`Dionisio Zumerle
`Carmine (Lino) Rizzo
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`PCG
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`RAN
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`RAN 2
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`Yong-Jun Chung
`Kyoung-Seok Oh
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`RAN 4
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`Maurice Pope
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`Ingbert Sigovich
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`Frédéric Firmin
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`Hakim Mkinsi
`Xavier Piednoir
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`Kimmo Kymalainen
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`Patrick Mérias
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`Paolo Usai
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`IssamToufik
`Stefania Sesia
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`Bernt Mattsson
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`Saurav Arora
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`RAN 5
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`RAN 1
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`RAN 6
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`RAN 3
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`Resource Allocation
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`3GPP Support Team
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`John Meredith
`Specifications Manager
`Director MCC, ETSI
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`Alain Sultan
`Work Plan Coordinator
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`Kevin Flynn
`Marketing and Communications
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`Nicolas Barbance
`IT Systems Administrator
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`Shicheng Hu / Olivier Genoud
`Olivier Genoud
`TTCN Support
`TTCN Support
`Support Assistants/Coordinators
`Susanna Kooistra
`(liaisons, membership, …)
`Anna Riondet
`(general admin)
`Emmanuelle Wurffel
`(meetings, …)
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`SA 1
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`SA 5
`SA 3
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`SA
`SA 2
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`SA 4
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`SA 6
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`SA 3-LI
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`SCP
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`CT 1
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`CT 6
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`CT
`CT 4
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`CT 3
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`Workload: Change Requests
`Approved CRs per Release per Year
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`1999
`1408
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`2000
`4398
`376
`27
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`2001
`2266
`2828
`644
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`2002
`1004
`1900
`3274
`172
`
`2003
`581
`690
`2842
`1088
`1
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`2004
`512
`257
`2162
`2458
`20
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`2005
`111
`122
`1357
`3721
`663
`
`2006
`42
`63
`509
`2074
`2529
`49
`
`2007
`23
`48
`94
`1078
`3132
`777
`
`2008
`
`5
`22
`25
`212
`1262
`4609
`49
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`2009
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`5
`20
`22
`74
`492
`7073
`2918
`47
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`2010
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`1
`13
`7
`19
`176
`2347
`4991
`1722
`32
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`2011
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`0
`11
`7
`17
`91
`706
`3252
`3800
`1152
`6
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`Release
`R99
`Rel-4
`Rel-5
`Rel-6
`Rel-7
`Rel-8
`Rel-9
`Rel-10
`Rel-11
`Rel-12
`Rel-13
`Rel-14
`Rel-15
`Total
`
`1408
`
`4801
`
`5738
`
`6350
`
`5202
`
`5409
`
`5974
`
`5266
`
`5152
`
`6184
`
`10651
`
`9308
`
`9042
`
`9162
`
`8022
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`8430
`
`7964
`
`* 2017 figures include the March and June Plenary meetings only
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`2012
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`2013
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`2014
`
`2015
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`2016
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`2017*
`
`8
`5
`10
`43
`347
`1366
`3103
`4178
`102
`
`7
`3
`4
`25
`184
`376
`1636
`3525
`2254
`8
`
`2
`2
`4
`15
`91
`165
`584
`2186
`5181
`200
`
`46
`70
`267
`622
`4287
`2648
`24
`
`Total
`10356
`6367
`10980
`10931
`8449
`16257
`13230
`11222
`11880
`13487
`9641
`5608
`137
`128545
`
`22
`26
`50
`163
`1530
`5571
`2315
`6
`9683
`
`6
`17
`13
`22
`127
`1214
`3269
`131
`4799
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`Workload: CRs
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`Approved CRs per Release per year
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`Rel-15
`Rel-14
`Rel-13
`Rel-12
`Rel-11
`Rel-10
`Rel-9
`Rel-8
`Rel-7
`Rel-6
`Rel-5
`Rel-4
`R99
`Total
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`12000
`
`10000
`
`8000
`
`6000
`
`4000
`
`2000
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`0
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`Workload: Committee Support
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`3GPP Working Groups continue to break all records irrespective of how their work is measured. IM
`numbers, delegate numbers, document numbers, CR numbers and the frequency of meetings are all
`on the increase. Moreover, many Working Groups continue to work late into the night and start early
`the following morning, despite the PCG guidance that has been issued on the subject.
`PCG#38 agreed to increase the MCC headcount by one additional Officer, with the intention of
`alleviating the RAN Working Group workload. We have yet to see whether this increase will be
`sufficient to cope with the increasing workload or not.
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`We do not know what will happen into 2018 as Releases 15 and 16 become well underway. If the
`rate of increase in workload continues then the Partners will need to consider taking some action in
`response. Of course, the easy solution is just to further increase the support resources but this may
`not be the smartest move. Some consideration may need to be given to other, more sustainable,
`longer term solutions.
`On a related subject, some Working Groups have grown so large that it is now becoming difficult to
`find willing meeting hosts and the colocation of Working Group meetings is becoming impractical.
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`Workload: meeting attendance over time
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`3GPP meeting attendance
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`2017-05
`2016-12
`2016-07
`2016-02
`2015-09
`2015-04
`2014-11
`2014-06
`2014-01
`2013-08
`2013-03
`2012-10
`2012-05
`2011-12
`2011-07
`2011-02
`2010-09
`2010-04
`2009-11
`2009-06
`2009-01
`2008-08
`2008-03
`2007-10
`2007-05
`2006-12
`2006-07
`2006-02
`2005-09
`2005-04
`2004-11
`2004-06
`2004-01
`2003-08
`2003-03
`2002-10
`2002-05
`2001-12
`2001-07
`2001-02
`2000-09
`2000-04
`1999-11
`1999-06
`1999-01
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`7000
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`6000
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`5000
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`4000
`
`3000
`
`2000
`
`1000
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`0
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`12 month rolling average (delegate.days per month)
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`Check-in at meetings
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`At the June 2017 TSG plenaries, a disturbing tendency for delegates to check in on behalf of other
`delegates, having acquired those delegates’ tokens, was noticed. MCC was tasked to investigate further.
`In the WG and TSG meetings between November 2016 and May 2017, 450 instances of one delegate
`checking in on behalf of another, was detected. Those people were challenged to declare on their honour
`whether they had in fact participated in the meetings in question.
`The vast majority of cases were justified by one of the parties not being able to perform his own check-
`ins because of:
`• broken-down PC
`• check in attempt apparently not working
`• no access to local server due to company IT policy
`A handful of delegates confessed they had not participated and asked for their check-ins to be deleted.
`A very small number swore they were present but external evidence showed that their check-ins were
`almost certainly fraudulent.
`The PCG may wish to note this situation.
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`3GPP Membership
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`3GPP Membership currently stands at 583 Individual Members. In addition, there are 27
`companies having Guest Status, which are potential IMs
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`566583
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`473
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`Number of
`Individual
`Members in
`3GPP
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`3GPP Individual
`Members come
`from 45 Countries
`worldwide
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`600
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`500
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`400
`
`300
`
`200
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`100
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`0
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`2004
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`2006
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`2008
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`2010
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`2012
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`2014
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`2016
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`3GPP Member Territories
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`DENMARK
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`ESTONIA
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`FINLAND
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`FRANCE
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`ISRAEL
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`ITALY
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`JAPAN
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`POLAND
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`PORTUGAL
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`QATAR
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`SOUTH AFRICA
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`SPAIN
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`SWEDEN
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`KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)
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`ROMANIA
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`SWITZERLAND
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`GERMANY
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`LEBANON
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`RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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`HONG KONG
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`LUXEMBOURG
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`SERBIA
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`AUSTRALIA
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`AUSTRIA
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`AZERBAIJAN
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`BELGIUM
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`BOTSWANA
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`BRAZIL
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`CANADA
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`CHINA
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`INDIA
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`MALAYSIA
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`INDONESIA
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`NETHERLANDS
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`SINGAPORE
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`SLOVAKIA
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`SLOVENIA
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`CZECH REPUBLIC
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`IRELAND
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`NORWAY
`
`TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF
`CHINA
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`TURKEY
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`UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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`UNITED KINGDOM
`
`UNITED STATES
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`3GPP Individual Members come from 45 countries worldwide
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`583 Individual Members in 3GPP
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`16 17 8
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`26
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`47
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`85
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`ARIB
`ATIS
`CCSA
`ETSI
`TSDSI
`TTA
`TTC
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`384
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`Antitrust Training
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`Three antitrust and competition law training sessions have taken place so far in
`2017:
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`27 March:
`03 May:
`01 June:
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`convenient for European based leaders
`convenient for US based leaders
`convenient for Asian based leaders
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`It is intended to holder a further session during Autumn 2017
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`These sessions are currently aimed at the TSG Leadership, MCC and OP staff. The
`question has again been raised as to whether such training should be extended to
`delegates as well? Some guidance from the PCG would be welcomed on whether
`the scope of these training sessions should be extended or not.
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`Summary and Outlook
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`3GPP has continued to grow during 2017 with every indicator showing an upward trend. It
`is hard to predict how the project will grow in the next 12 -18 months.
`
`The workload within the TSGs has increased since the last PCG and is predicted to
`continue doing so in order to meet the accelerated timeline for Release 15 and 16 delivery.
`
`MCC resources are being increased in order to cope with this workload, but it is not clear
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`whether this increase will be sufficient to meet future needs. If the growth does continue at
`the existing rate, then it may be necessary to consider a review of 3GPP working methods,
`rather than just increasing support resources. This situation will need to be closely
`monitored in the coming months.
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`3GPP has become the focal point for delivery of 5G standards and it is important to ensure
`that the workload within the TSGs (and therefore within MCC) remains manageable and
`that the quality of the specifications produced is not compromised.
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