Here are the speed ranges of the various mobile wireless strandards commonly used in the US today:
GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) 2G -- 9.6Kbps
GPRS (General
packet radio services) 2.5G -- 35Kbps to 171kbps
EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution) 2.75G -- 120Kbps to 384Kbps
UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) 3G -- 384Kbps to 2Mbps
HSDPA (software upgrade to
UMTS) 3G -- 600Kbps to 10Mbps
WiMAX/LTE "4G" -- 3Mbps to 6Mbps average, 10Mbps+ peak download speeds.
