From 1G to 5G – A 40-Year Journey

You’ve noticed the fifth generation mobile networking, 5G, is all the rage, right? But how many generations back does your memory stretch? 4G, 3G? 2G, even? This is a quick history of personal mobile telephony from the first generation, 1G, until today.

The Rapid End of 5G

Surprise for many, but long expected by some: in a recent announcement 3GPP declared that the standardisation work of the 5th generation mobile system has been suspended and postponed to unspecified time. Justifying the decision 3GPP had said that “there is little benefit in a 5G New Radio technology compared to existing LTE Advanced Pro […]