Here, it is comparison chart of different wireless technology from 1G first generation to 5G fifth generation based on some the most useful technical terms.
| Generation | 1G | 2G | 2.5G | 2.75G | 3G | 3.5G | 3.75G | 4G | 5G |
| Starts From | 1970-84 | 1990 | 2000 | 2001 | 2003 | 2003 | 2003 | 2010 | 2015 |
| Data Capacity | 2kbps | 10kbps | 200Kbps | 384Kbps | 473kbps | 2Mbps | 30Mbps | 200Mbps – 1Gbps | >1Gbps |
| Frequency | 800-900MHz | 850- 1900MHz(GSM) 825-849MHz (CDMA) | 850-1900MHz | 850-1900MHz | 1.6-2.5GHz | 1.6-2.5GHz | 1.6-2.5GHz | 2-8GHz | |
| Technology | Analog Wireless | Digital Wireless | GPRS | EDGE | Broadband / IP technology FDD / TDD | GSM/ 3GPP | LTE | LTE / WIMAX | IP v6 |
| Standards | AMPS | CDMA / TDMA / GSM | TDMA/ GSM | GSM / CDMA | CDMA/ WCDMA/ UMTS/ CDMA2000 | HSDPA / HSUPA | 1xEVDO | IP- broadband LAN/WAN/ PAN | IP- broadband LAN/WAN/ PAN & wwww |
| Multiplexing | FDMA | TDMA / CDMA | TDMA / CDMA | TDMA / CDMA | CDMA | CDMA | CDMA | MC- CDMA OFAM | CDMA |
| Switching | Circuit | Circuit / Packet | Circuit / Packet | Circuit / Packet | Packet& circuit | Packet | Packet | Packet | All packet |
| Service | Voice only | Voice/data | MMS / Internet | MMS / Internet | High speed voice/data/ video | High speed voice / data / video | High speed internet / multimedia | Voice over IP, multimedia and internet | Dyn.Infoacc ess, wearable devices withAI |
| Network | PSTN | PSTN | GSM / TDMA | WCDMA | Packet network | GSM / TDMA | GSM / TDMA | Internet | Internet |
| Handoff | Horizontal | Horizontal | Horizontal | Horizontal | Horizontal | Horizontal | Horizontal | Horizontal / Vertical | Horizontal & vertical |
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