What are G ,E ,H ,H+ ,LTE , 3G, 4G, 5G displayed on your smartphone when you switch on mobile data for internet?
In mobile communications, frequently, the terms GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA and LTE appear. These terms refer to different standards of data transfer and are noticeable for the mobile phone user mainly.
First, there was only the GSM network, then there were improvements of the GSM network, finally the newer and faster UMTS network, and again improvements of it. The faster UMTS network is not yet available everywhere, so, often you have to go over the older and slower GSM network even today.
About the abbreviations on your smartphone notification bar.
G stands for GPRS and is the slowest standard, used is the GSM network (2G).
E is an extension of GPRS, it is called EDGE and it is correspondingly a little faster, but still uses the old GSM network (2G). EDGE is used to refer to 2.5G
3G (3rd Generation) stands for UMTS and is the successor to the GSM network and faster.
H and H+ are standing for HSPA and HSPA+. Both use the UMTS network, where H is faster than 3G and H+ is faster than H. 3.5G, which is usually considered to be HSDPA or HSPA or HSPA+
4G (4th Generation) stands for LTE (Long-Term Evolution).
5G (5th Generation) is the mobile network that has replaced 4G, with a copious amount of improvements from improved rates of transmission speed to network coverage, and reliability.
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