Release Rel-16
5G NREnhances 5G NR with unlicensed spectrum, vehicle-to-everything, and private network support.
Frozen 2020-07-03144 specifications in series 26
Key features: NR-U unlicensed, V2X, industrial IoT, integrated access backhaul
All SeriesSeries 21Series 22Series 23Series 24Series 26Series 27Series 28Series 29Series 31Series 32Series 33Series 34Series 35Series 36Series 37Series 38
TS 26.980
Multimedia telephony over IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS); Media handling aspects of multi-stream multiparty conferencing for Multimedia Telephony Service for IMS (MTSI)
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.981
MBMS Extensions for Provisioning and Content Ingestion
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.985
Vehicle-to-everything (V2X); Media handling and interaction
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26
TS 26.989
Mission Critical Push To Talk (MCPTT); Media, codecs and Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) enhancements for MCPTT over LTE
Codecs & Media
Rel-16TSCodecs & MediaUpdated 2026-07-26