LTE=4g, WCDMA/HSPA=3g, GSM and GPRS and others=2g. 2g is switched off in Australia.
At the close of 2022, 4G subscribers worldwide are estimated at 5.2 billion, 3G 1.1 billion, 2G 1.1 billion, and 5G 1 billion.
Telstra On 28 May 2019, Telstra launched its first 5G mobile phone plans.
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Vodafone launched 5G in seven UK cities on 3 July 2019. It switched on its 5G network in Australia in March 2020, in Parramatta in Sydney.
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Optus started its 5G rollout in August 2019.
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Throughout Australia, all three mobile networks are still predominantly 4G. 5G takeup will be an issue for a while.
But noting that according to Ericsson's 5G article, as the first country to launch 5G in the southern hemisphere, Australia is ahead of many other markets in 5G adoption. We have an estimated 5G mobile subscriber penetration of 30 percent at the end of 2022.
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