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It was agreed at GA#25, Sophia Antipolis, 18th February 2002, that the TG-NA would be formally dissolved as it had fulfilled all tasks entrusted to it.

The TG-NA was jointly formed by the Regulatory Aspects Group and the ICT Group of the UMTS Forum to work on particular questions of numbering and addressing in an environment which is marked by convergence between the traditional telecommunications field and that of information technology and computer networks.

Terms of reference for the TG-NA stated that the group should:

• study the characteristics of the numbering and addressing system for third generation mobile multimedia systems, in both short and long term;
  
• study the necessary short-term developments of second generation numbering systems in order to allow for a close interworking between third generation and second generation systems;
  
• propose necessary regulatory actions to enable this close interworking from the start of third generation systems;
  
• study possible ways of converging the addressing system of the Internet with the numbering of telecommunication systems;
  
• assess the possible time plan for this process;
  
• propose future actions of the UMTS Forum in the addressing fields.

The TG-NA produced UMTS Forum Report No. 12, 'Naming, Addressing & Identification Issues for UMTS' and completed its work with the production of the TLD Study Report, 'Benefits and Drawbacks of Introducing a Dedicated Top Level Domain Within the UMTS Environment', which is available as document GA25-21.