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List of wireless network technologies
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<p>This is a list of generations of wireless network technologies in <a href="/facts/Mobile_telecommunications/pFqFCDyl">mobile telecommunications</a>. </p> Comparison of generations<table><tbody><tr><th>Generation</th><th>Standard(s)</th><th>Theoreticalmaximum downloadspeed*</th><th>Typicaldownloadspeed*</th><th>Theoreticalmaximum uploadspeed*</th><th>Typicaluploadspeed*</th><th>Frequencyband</th><th>Channelspacing</th><th>Maximum range (distance from antenna)</th><th>Year ofcommercialimplementation</th></tr><tr><th>0G</th><th>SN, SN+</th><td>2B/s</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>50-150MHz</td><td></td><td></td><td>1946</td></tr><tr><th>0.5G</th><th>SI</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>200-350MHz</td><td></td><td></td><td>1958</td></tr><tr><td colspan="10">analog & digital ↓</td></tr><tr><th>1G</th><th>NMT, AMPS, TACS…</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>400-450MHz</td><td></td><td></td><td>1979</td></tr><tr><th>1.5G</th><th>D-AMPS</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>30kHz</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="10">digital ↓</td></tr><tr><th rowspan="2">2G</th><th><a href="/facts/GSM/Sw8QYaLE">GSM</a></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>800-1900MHz</td><td></td><td></td><td>1991</td></tr><tr><th>CDMAone</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>800-1900MHz</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>2G</th><th><a href="/facts/Personal_Digital_Cellular/VhtdLdEP">PDC</a></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>2.5G</th><th><a href="/facts/General_Packet_Radio_Service/c4SJD7ov">GPRS</a></th><td>48kB/s</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2000</td></tr><tr><th>2.9G</th><th>EDGE/EGPRS</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2003</td></tr><tr><th rowspan="2">3G</th><th>UMTS</th><td>7.2Mbit/s</td><td></td><td>2Mbit/s</td><td></td><td>400MHz-3GHz</td><td></td><td></td><td>2001</td></tr><tr><th>CDMA2000</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>400MHz-3GHz</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>3.5G</th><th>HSPA</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>3.75G</th><th>HSPA+ **</th><td>42Mbit/s</td><td></td><td>11Mbit/s</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th rowspan="2">3.95G</th><th>LTE **</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2009</td></tr><tr><th>(Mobile) WiMAX **</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th rowspan="3">4G</th><th><a href="/facts/LTE_(telecommunication)/72QhwXHT">LTE **</a></th><td>150Mbit/s</td><td>20Mbit/s</td><td>50Mbit/s</td><td>5Mbit/s</td><td></td><td>5-20(40)MHz</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>(Mobile) WiMAX **</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>HSPA+ **</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th rowspan="2">4.5G</th><th>LTE+/LTE Advanced</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2007</td></tr><tr><th>WiMAX 2</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2007</td></tr><tr><th>4.9G</th><th>LTE Advanced Pro</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/5G/yVb460m4">5G</a></th><th><a href="/facts/5G_NR/u5fNXlXI">NR</a></th><td>10Gbit/s</td><td>70-205Mbit/s</td><td>1Gbit/s</td><td>11.49Mbit/s</td><td>24-100 GHz</td><td></td><td></td><td>2018</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>*</i> latest and optimal iteration of technology <i>**</i> originally not considered 4G, only after a revision of 4G specification </p>