Third-generation technology, better known as 3G technology, has arrived in the United States and is here to stay. What 3G doesn’t do is have an obvious impact on a cell phone’s look, feel, or design. What 3G does dose, however, is promising faster communication services that include fax, voice, and even Internet services. This can be offered 3G uses global roaming without interruptions. New applications and multimedia entertainment can be used to their full capacity thanks to the 3G network. The first 3G network was actually launched in Japan and is now offered by companies like Cingular in the United States.

In the same vein of 3G technology, Verizon has decided, together with Sprint / Nextel, to offer its own version of 3G services, but it is called Ed-Vo. Other companies like T-Mobile do not plan to implement this technology with their services until 2007. So what exactly is 3G technology? This technology will bring wireless data services to your phone like you have never seen before. This technology has speeds approximately three times faster than a 56 Kbps connection at a connection speed of 2.4 Mbps, equivalent to using a cable modem. 3G networks allow users to quickly and easily read web pages, watch music videos in real time, and use video conferencing to the fullest.

The experience you will have using 3G technology with a cell phone will be similar to using your home computer with a broadband connection. It seems that handhelds are definitely the way of the future. With each company pledging to spend billions of dollars to upgrade to a 3G network, this technology is surely worth the price that we will all undoubtedly pay. But with a loss each business will have to upgrade, the need arises to win over customers, so look for new and improved phones to launch when your favorite business upgrades to use this system.