Nokia's 4.9G races Ericsson's almost-5G, yet the finishing line is a mirage
4.5G 'Pro', 4.9G and 3.9G! Oh come on... At Mobile World Congress this year, Nokia emerged as the most aggressively "5G-ready" of the big vendors, while Huawei was still stressing "4.5G", a term it coined, but which has been widely adopted. This week saw Nokia going one better with "4.5G Pro" and even "4.9G", recalling the build-up to LTE, when some vendors and operators were still majoring on 3G extensions, and insisting on labelling HSPA+ "3.9G"."