1G 2G 2.5 G 2.

75 G 3G
Year 1981 1992 2001
Data Capacity 10 Kbps 200 Kbps 473 Kbps 384 Kbps

Techology Analog wireless Digital wireless GPRS EDGE Broadband/IP

Technology, FDD,
TDD

Standard AMPS CDMA, TDMA, TDMA. GSM GSM, CDMA CDMA, WCDMA,
GSM UMTS,
CDMA2000
Multiplexing FDMA TDMA, CDMA TDMA, CDMA TDMA, CDMA CDMA
Switching Type Circuit Circuit Packet switch Packet switch Packet and
Circuit switch
Service Voice only Voice and data MMS, Internet MMS, Internet High speed data,
video and voice
Main Network PSTN PSTN GSM TDMA GSM, WCDMA
Handoff Horizontal Horizontal Horizontal
Supported
Frequency 800 to 900 MHz 850 to 1900 MHz 850 to 1900 MHz 1.6 to 2.5 GHz
(GSM), 825 to
849 MHz (CDMA)
 3.5G 3.75G 4G 5G
2011 2017
2 Mbps 30 Mbps 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps 1 Gbps to 10
Gbps
WCDMA Totally IP Based, LTE, High throughput,
LTE Advanced, low latency, high
Wimax mobility and high
connection
density

HSDP/HSUPA 1XEVDO LTE 3GPP, IMT 3GPP Rel. 15,

Advanced IMT 2020

CDMA CDMA OFDMA OFDMA

Packet switch Packet switch Packet switch Packet switch

High speed data, High speed High speed data, High speed data,
video and voice internet video and voice video and voice

Horizontal Horizontal Horizontal and Horizontal and

vertical vertical
1.6 to 2.5 GHz 1.6 to 2.5 GHz 2 to 8 GHZ 3 to 300 GHz