Key GSM Documents

Proposal for the harmonization of a Pan-European mobile system and the creation of the group GSM endorsed by CEPT in June 1982 (GSM 1/82)
First GSM action plan (contains GSM mandate and targets) (GSM 2/82)
Netherland’s proposal: Public Mobile Communications System in the 900 MHz Band (GSM 3/82)
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden: Support for NL proposal (GSM 4/82)
The need for encryption in GSM (GSM 29/83)
Franco-German cooperation in the field of mobile radio communication (GSM 76/84)
Preliminary view concerning the impact of hand-held stations (GSM 27/85 rev.3)
Services and facilities of the GSM system (GSM 28/85 rev.2)
Basic requirements for a harmonized mobile communication system (GSM 73/85 rev. 1)
First GSM action plan GSM 23/86
Package of Narrow-Band TDMA Working Assumptions unanimously agreed (GSM 41/87)
The Madeira decision on the basic parameters of the GSM (GSM 46/87)
The final agreement on the basic parameters of GSM in Bonn (GSM 68/87)
First Set of Specifications for Tendering (GSM 31/88)
Proposal for the Hagen Seminar in 1988 where the GSM specs were presented to a wide audience (GSM 120/88)
First set of specs for tendering in 1988: Designation “A” means that the GSM Plenary considered that the Recommendation was necessary for tendering. Designation “T” demonstrates that the GSM MoU considered the Recommendation necessary for tendering (the so-called T-List). (GSM 223/88)
Phase 1 specifications: Release List after GSM#29 (January 1991) (GSM 160/91)