LTE and LTE+

Long-term evolution (LTE) is the term for the third-generation mobile radio standard. LTE is already being advertised as 4G for marketing reasons, but this-technically speaking-is incorrect because LTE is actually 3.9G. LTE Advanced (LTE+) describes the 4G standard.

Depending on the reception, LTE and LTE+ have significantly higher download rates than older standards-up to 150 Mb per second with LTE and up to 300 Mb per second with LTE+. The frequency range used by LTE mobile operators is only the UHF frequency band.

• 1G: A network (1958), B network (1972) and C network (1986)
• 2G: GSM (1992)
• 2.5G: GPRS (2001)
• 2.75G: EDGE (2006)
• 3G: UMTS (2004)
• 3.5G: HSPA (2006)
• 3.9G: LTE (2010)
• 4G: LTE + (2014)
• 5G (2020)