Is LTE older than 4G?

LTE is the technology behind 4G . It stands for Long Term Evolution. It usually shows up on your screen as 4G LTE. It was a standard developed when 4G was designed for the purposes of phones and towers and other devices to talk to each other.

LTE was first proposed in 2004 by Japan’s NTT Docomo , with studies on the standard officially commenced in 2005.

Verizon launched the first large-scale 4G LTE network on December 5, 2010 .

LTE is the technology behind 4G (the fourth generation of mobile communications – an architecture). All 4G phones utilize LTE technology in 2022. It brings high speed to mobile and broadband data.