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In this short 38-week period the whole of Europe (countries and industries) had been brought behind GSM, as guided by four public officials: Armin Silberhorn (Germany), Stephen Temple (UK), Philippe Dupuis (France), and Renzo Failli (Italy). In 1989 the Groupe Spécial Mobile committee was transferred from CEPT to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).The IEEE/RSE awarded to