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3GPP finalizes standalone 5G NR spec at RAN Plenary

Sticking to its aggressive timeline for finalization of the standalone 5G New Radio (NR) specification, the 3GPP yesterday approved the details of Release 15 building on the work completed in December related to non-standalone 5G NR.

Michael Thelander, president and founder of Signals Research Group, provided some hot takes from the meeting in La Jolla, Calif. He notes that while Release 15 is done, “It is worth noting that 3GPP won’t finish the intended set of 5G functionality required to meet IMT-2020 requirements until 2019 when it finishes work on Release 16.”

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