Infographic: 3G vs 4G

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This infographic from Microsoft provides a quick visual summary of the difference 3G and  4G will make to mobile internet browsing.

Microsoft Lumia 628 is one of the cheapest 4G handsets currently available in India at Rs 8,299

Reliance Jio Infocomm is set to roll out its 4G LTE services in 800 Indian cities between April and June next year.

Bharti Airtel, the only company offering 4G services at present, does so in around 15 cities, including Bengaluru, Pune and Mohali. The company, present in 5,121 census cities and towns and over 462,000 non-census towns and villages across India with services like 2G and 3G, covers about 86 per cent of the country's total population.

Related: Book Review: High Performance Browser Networking by Ilya Grigorik; O'Reilly