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3G has dominated the modern world in just a few years. Although the

technology is relatively new, there are already so many devices taking

advantage of the functions. You can use it regardless of location, so work

and leisure becomes more efficient. You have to know a little about 3G

history to know how unique it is compared to other updates in the past.

Here are some details and applications of the technology.

Defining 3G

3G is also called third generation. It is named as such because it is the

third generation of the standards of telecommunication hardware. It is also

the general technology for mobile networking, passing the recent 2.5G. The

technology is founded on the ITU or International Telecommunication Union

group of standards which belongs to the IMT-2000.

3G networks allow network operators to provide users a bigger range of the

latest services, as it gets bigger network capacity via heightened spectral

efficiency. The included services are video calls, wide-area wireless voice

telephone and broadband wireless information, all included within the

mobile environment. More features included are HSPA data transmission

capacities that can send data rates reaching 14.4 Mbit/s on the downlink

and the uplink at 5.8 Mbit/s.

Networks

Different to the IEEE 802.11 networks, that are usually known as WLAN or

Wi-Fi networks, the 3G networks cover a very wide area of cellular

telephone networks that turn into incorporate high-speed internet

connection and video telephony. IEEE 802.11 networks have a short range,

with high-bandwidth networks mainly created and improved for data and

information.

History and Start

The first 3G network offered for commercial use was launched in Japan by

NTT DoCoMo. The network had the brand name FOMA and was introduced in May

2001 on a W-CDMA technology pre-release. The initial commercial launch of

3G was also done by NTT DoCoMo in Japan. This happened on October 1, 2001,

although the technology was still very limited in terms of scope at the

beginning. The broad availability, due to inadequate reliability had to be

delayed.

SK Telecom from South Korea was the second network that was released

commercially live. This was on the 1xEV-DO technology dated January 2002.

In May 2002, the second 3G network from South Korea was on EV-DO by KTF,

posing Koreans as the first to view the competition of all 3G operators.

Isle of Man by Manx Telcom was the first pre-commercial network released

from Europe. At that time, the operator went by the name British Telecom.

Telenor opened the first commercial network in Europe for business in

December 2001. There were no commercial handsets, however, so there was

also zero clients. These were on the W-CDMA technology.

The United States

The first 3G network in the United States that was released commercially

was by Monet Mobile Networks. This was on CDMA2000 1x EV-DO technology.

Later on, the network provider had to shut down operations. Verizon

Wireless released the second 3G network operator in the United States in

October 2003.

This was on CDMA2000 EV-DO, with a strongly growing network since. More and

more countries adopted the changing technology and incorporated the use of

3G with mobile phones and handsets. Today, 3G is a very common feature

among modern models and designs, with more innovations and heightened

efficiency being introduced every year.