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Telephone Network Standards (1G to 5G) Comparison
Generations Indicates Telephone Network Standards
1G, 2G, 3G,4G and 5G Indicates Generations
G stands for Generation
1G, 2G, 3G,4G e.t.c Also Indicates Signal Strength
1G to 5G Signal strength increases
Speed Increases 1G To 5G


Comparison of Telephone Network Standards / Generations
Features 1G 2G 3 G 4 G 5 G
Deployment year 1979 1993 2001 2009 2018
Speed  2.4kbps. 9.6/14.4Kbps 3.1Mbps 100-300Mbps 10 to 30Gbps
Access System FDMA TDMA / CDMA CDMA CDMA OFDM / BDMA
Frequency 30 KHz 1.8 KHz 1.6 to 2 KHz 2 to 8 KHz 3 to 30 KHz
Technology Amps, NMT, TACS GSM WCDMA LTE, WiMax MIMI, MM WAVES
Switching Type Circuit and Packet switching Packet switching Packet switching Packet switching Packet switching
Internet No Internet Narrow band Broad Band Ultra band Wire less
bandwidth 2 kbps 14 to 64 kbps 2 mbps 200 mbps to 1gbps 1gbps OR HIGHER
Data Rate 2.4 Kbps to 14.4 kbps 100–400 Kbit/s 0.5–5 Mbit/s 1–50 Mbit/s 50 Mbit/s to 1.8 Gbit/s
latency 300 to 1000 ms 300 to 1000 ms  100 to 500ms 20 to 30ms <10ms
Applications Voice calls Sms and Voice calls Web browsing Mobile videos consumption mobile TV



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