What is 3G?
3G is the third generation of mobile phone standards and technology. It is based on the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) family of standards under the International Mobile Telecommunications programme, IMT-2000. In basic terms it just means it’s the third (and currently latest) in the line of technological advances with mobile networks and phones. Below is a break down of the different generations: Many of the same things you can do with your home internet but with the ability to do it whilst you’re out and about. Such as: • 1G (first generation) networks are considered to be the first analog cellular systems, which started in the early 1980’s and followed on from radio telephone systems. • 2G (second generation) networks are the first digital cellular systems launched in the early 1990’s. • 2.5G networks (e.g. GPRS) are the enhanced versions of 2G networks with data rates up to about 144kbit/s. • 3G (third and current generation) networks (UMTS and the others included in IM
3G stands for ‘third generation’, a generic wireless industry term for high speed mobile data delivery over cellular networks. 3G networks allow users to send and receive bandwidth-intensive information such as video. As second generation networks (2G) evolve into third generation systems around the world, operators are offering users a variety of mobile data services including video messaging, breaking news, weather, sports, movie trailers, music clips and much more. Visit the official 3GPP website at www.3gpp.org for more information 3GPP and 3GPP2 3GPP is the new worldwide standard for creation, delivery and playback of multimedia over GSM networks – the most popular high-speed wireless network across the world – including Europe & North & South America. 3GPP2 is the new worldwide standard for mobile multimedia on the second most popular high-speed wireless network – CDMA which include parts of South America and Africa. 3GPP and 3GPP2 are based on the MPEG-4 standard (but also suppo
