Wireless carriers are still in the process of transitioning from 3G to 4G (and from fake 4G to 4G), but chatter surrounding the eventual transition to 5G is already starting to pop up. Wonderful. Before we get ahead of ourselves and before carriers start arguing over what 5G is and is not, CommScope recently put together a nice infographic that’s worth checking out to put the history of cellular communications in perspective. Titled “The evolution of the G,” the infographic details the history of cellular networks starting with 1G in Japan in 1979 and wrapping up with today’s modern 4G wireless networks — which, as an aside, weren’t really “4G” networks until the ITU gave up and let anyone call just about anything “4G.” CommScope’s infographic follows below.
The evolution of the G
Updated Dec 19th, 2018 8:42PM EST
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