What is 3G Technology and when will we see it Implemented?
The letters “3G” stand for “3rd Generation”. In the cellular world, the 1st Generation was analog, and the 2nd Generation is the digital technologies we have right now. This upcoming 3G technology is going to be geared for high speed data communications with speeds of up to 2 megabits per second. As with the current 2nd Generation, there will be multiple technologies that come under the 3G banner. Most of these technologies will be based on a CDMA air interface, and this particular aspect of it has caused the greatest amount of misunderstanding. Many people equate these up-and-coming CDMA technologies with the existing IS-95 technology we have today. Although at least one of the 3G technologies will be a direct descendant of IS-95, the others are completely different implementations of the same basic idea. Many people have also misread this information to mean that technologies such as GSM will cease to exist while IS-95 will soldier on. This is also incorrect. The 3G technology that w
