Mobile phone shows 3G, H, H+, E and G

• G stands for GPRS and is the slowest standard, used is the GSM network (2G).
• E is an extension of GPRS, it is called EDGE and it is correspondingly a little faster, but still uses the old GSM network (2G).
• 3G stands for UMTS and is the successor to the GSM network and faster.
• H and H+ are standing for HSPA and HSPA+. Both use the UMTS network, where H is faster than 3G and H+ is faster than H.
• 4G stands for LTE and is the fastest.