3GPP maps out 5G specifications timeline

Telecoms standardization body 3GPP has mapped out the roadmap to release 15, which will contain the first set of 5G specifications.
A recent plenary meeting of the 3GPP Technical Specifications Groups concluded with a series of milestones over the next couple of years culminating in the freezing of key technologies in June 2018.
The timeline below illustrates some of the checkpoints, including a major checkpoint in March 2017. Most of the announcement is written in similarly opaque language, wit