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Generations of Mobile Network: 1G to 5G
A journey of cellular networks from 1970s to 2022 in India.
Nisha Yadav
5G enables a new kind of network that is designed to connect virtually everyone and everything.
IG was launched in the early 1980s and designed exclusively for voice communication.
Speeds up to 2.4 kbps.
1G
It was launched in Finland in 1991 and used GSM technology. Data speed up to 64 kbps.
2G
2G with GPRS is also referred to as 2.5G, a step short of the next mobile generation.
2.5G
3G
Data speeds of 144 kbps to 2 Mbps
3D gaming
4G
4G of mobile communication was introduced in 2011.
Speed of 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps.
The peak network data speeds are expected to be in the range of 2-20 Gigabit per second (Gbps)
5G
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