What is 3G?

3G is the third generation of mobile phone standards and technology. It is based on the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) family of standards under the International Mobile Telecommunications programme, IMT-2000. In basic terms it just means it’s the third (and currently latest) in the line of technological advances with mobile networks and phones. Below is a break down of the different generations:
Many of the same things you can do with your home internet but with the ability to do it whilst you’re out and about. Such as:

• 1G (first generation) networks are considered to be the first analog cellular systems, which started in the early 1980's and followed on from radio telephone systems.
• 2G (second generation) networks are the first digital cellular systems launched in the early 1990's.
• 2.5G networks (e.g. GPRS) are the enhanced versions of 2G networks with data rates up to about 144kbit/s.
• 3G (third and current generation) networks (UMTS and the others included in IMT 2000) are the latest cellular networks that have data rates 384kbit/s and more.