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As you may guess, being called 3G, or third generation, there is, inevitably, a first and second generation.
1G refers to the original analogue mobile phones, which resembled a brick. They were large, and very heavy, due to the weight of the battery, they were also very expensive. However, they paved the way for something that was soon to become a revolution in the technological world, phones would soon start to be smaller, lighter, cheaper, and better. Operating time increased while battery weight dropped, this was due to advancements in battery technology, as well as circuit design which allowed for much lower power consumption. 2G saw the birth of the digital mobile phone, and a standard which is the greatest success story in the history of the mobile phone to date. The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is a standard that unified Europe’s mobile phone technologies, it allows one phone to be used throughout Western Europe. Using TDMA (Time division multiple access – see the How does 3G work section for more info), the GSM standard allowed millions of users throughout Europe to travel freely and still be able to use there phone. Although Europe enjoyed a unified standard, in America, three standards still exist, from three different companies. Because of this mobile communications haven’t become nearly as popular in the States, as they have done in Europe. |  |
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