1G, 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G are the five generations of mobile networks where G stands for Generation, and the number denotes the generation number . 5G is the latest generation, whereas 1G networks are now obsolete. The cellular technologies GSM, UMTS, LTE and NR enable 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G, respectively.
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Generations of Mobile Networks: Explained
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There are four major standards in this category: GSM, the pan-European digital cellular, the North American Interim Standard (IS-54) that later on improved into IS-136 and Japanese digital cellular (JDC) —all of them using TDMA technology and IS-95 in North America, which uses CDMA technology.
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Wireless Fidelity(WiFi) came into existence in the late 1990s. Soon after, in the year 2000, Bluetooth was invented along with the release of the third-generation (3G) of mobile telephony. These two technologies revolutionized the way people shared messages, bringing more into the wireless world.
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Mobile technology has evolved rapidly over the past few years . Since the start of this millennium, a standard mobile device has gone from being no more than a simple two-way pager to being a mobile phone, GPS navigation device, an embedded web browser and instant messaging client, and a handheld gaming console.
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“Now when you look at this next generation of mobile networks, 5G , it is very unlike the previous generation of network. It’s truly an inflection point from the consumer to the industry.”
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Mobile wireless communication system has gone through several evolution stages in the past few decades after the introduction of the first generation mobile network in early 1980s . Due to huge demand for more connections worldwide, mobile communication standards advanced rapidly to support more users.
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