Differences Between Gprs, Edge, 3g, Hsdpa, Hspa+ And 4g Lte

Before advancing, it should be known that 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G etc refers to the different generations of wireless communication technology characterized by having a defined range of speed.

GPRS(General Packet Radio Service)
GPRS is a packet-based* wireless communication service. It is a 2G technology network that support a download speed of up to 114Kbps.
Limitation of GPRS is that GPRS data cannot be sent while a voice call is in progress.

EDGE(Enhanced Data GSM Evolution)
GPRS and EDGE are both 2G technology but EDGE is significantly faster with a download speed of up to 384Kbps. EDGE is sometimes called a 2.5G network as it also has some characteristics of a 3G network but it doesn’t satisfy the specification.

3G
Introduction of 3G network made video calling and seamless strêâmïng of video possible, with download speed of up to 3.1Mbps.

HSDPA(High-Speed Down-link Packet Access)
It is based on the 3G network and an enhancement to 3G. Thus has a faster speed, download speed can be up to 14Mbps. HSDPA is sometimes called 3.5G.

HSPA+(Evolved High-Speed Packet Access)
HSPA+ is an evolution HSPA(HSDPA&HSUPA). It is a 4G technology that allows download at a rate of up to 168Mbps.

4G LTE(Long Term Evolution)
LTE is a 4G communication standard that supports HD video strêâmïng, download speed as high as 299.6Mbps.

Summary
GPRS(114Kbps) < EGDE(368Kbps) < 3G(3.1Mbps) < HSDPA(14Mbps) < HSPA+(168Mbps) < 4G/LTE(299.6Mbps)

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Thanks for putting figures to the terms

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I thought 4g speeds have to hit 1Gbps and therefore LTE is not a true 4g generation by definition, 4g starts at LTE advanced?

What is GSM/WCDMA? My kabambe has only these two.

Also, while browsing, my network alternates across E or G or H. I assume H is 3G.

WCDMA is 3G. and H is for HSPA

What is G?

GPRS

G stands for generation…thus 3G is 3rd generation [SIZE=2]nime google[/SIZE]

Safaricom wanatudanganya 3G yangu Max speed ni 300kbps

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wewe usiwache IP yako hapa

I get a new IP everytime I connect. It’s not mine.

Hii summary naikataa… Edge yangu max full speed nishawahi kuexperience ni 33kbps ambayo inastay for some seconds kabla idrop to avarage 25kbps. GPRS inawezana na fones za kaduda pekee, so nobody expects it to stream anything

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