3G Mobiles
What Is 3G Mobile?
3G is actually an acronym for third generation, which means that there had been first generation and second generation mobile phones already. How are these three generations of mobile phones determined? Most probably, the first generation mobile phones are those that are simply built to make calling and messaging more convenient through a wireless phone that you can take anywhere, hence the term "mobile." The second generation mobile phones, on the other hand, have additional features like entertainment and multimedia messaging. When mobile phones started inculcating computer technologies in their systems, that's the time when mobile phones went 3G. These computer technologies inculcated in 3G mobile include, but are not limited to, video calling and mobile phone access to the World Wide Web.
Another characteristic of 3G mobile is that it is less expensive than 2G systems but it has a wider network of clients. This is made possible by 3G's capability to send out about 384 kilobytes to up to 2 megabytes of data per second. Therefore, with 3G, you get a speedier system, which, if you liken the situation to home Internet connection, is like upgrading from a dial up system to a broadband connection.
How Did 3G Mobile Spring Forth?
3G mobile technology is said to have first started in the year 2001, in Japan. This is where the pioneer of WCDMA technologies was launched, but it is not a commercial one just yet. The commercial 3G technology just came 4 months after, also in Japan. By end of the year, 3G also started in Europe, through Manx Telecom's Isle of Man.
The following year, South Korea followed with their very own CDMA 2000 1 x EV-DO system. Soon thereafter, South Korea came up with another EV-DO technology, which gave birth to competition in the 3G market.
That same year 2002, 3G was first witnessed in Australia through m. Net Corporation. It made use of UMTS technology for the Information Technology World Congress in 2002.
