LTE=4g, WCDMA/HSPA=3g, GSM and GPRS and others=2g. 2g is switched off in Australia.
At the close of 2023, 4G subscribers worldwide are estimated at 5.1 billion, 5G 1½ billion, 3G 850 million and 2G 890 million.
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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5G coverage is now available (at least partially) in all capital cities except Darwin, and in a number of regional centres in each state.
Note that according to Ericsson's 2022 5G article, as the first country to launch 5G in the southern hemisphere Australia is ahead of many other markets in 5G adoption, an estimated 5G mobile subscriber penetration of 30 percent at the end of 2022.
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