4G to soon beat 3G in smart telephony

4G continues to gain market share in the smartphone and feature phone market

Fourth generation (4G) handset technology is expected to comprehensively beat its predecessor, reversing the trend of increasingly shorter eras in newer wireless network frameworks. 

The 4G LTE technology that currently dominates the handset market in India will match 3G’s feat of holding over half the smartphone market for a little over two and a half years by March. And, is expected to rule over the local market till mid-2021, a run of six years.

Second generation mobile handset technology or 2G had the longest run so far, 17 years, till 3G overtook it in early 2013. Introduced in 1995, the 2G technology