What are 1G 2G 3G and 4G networks?

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.

“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.”

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.

5G is the fifth generation wireless technology. It can provide higher speed, lower latency and greater capacity than 4G LTE networks.

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.