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Operators use the marketing term 4G for the new LTE (Long Term Evolution) network. Sometimes 4G might also be used to refer to 3G's newest technology, DC-SHPA (normally they are 3G Dual Carrier). ITU's (International Telecommunication Union) original definition defines that 4G stand for a mobile network, where the data transmission speed from the network to the client device is 1Gbit/s when the client device is in slow motion, for instance a cellphone in a pedestrians pocket. When moving fast, such as in an express train 100Mbit/s connection speed is required. A lot of Finnish ISP:s (and probably in other countries too) use the 4G term for networks which can't reach that, though. That's why one should always call these networks by their real names, LTE 800Mhz, 1800Mhz and 2600Mhz. Especially calling a 3G DC-HSPA network a 4G network is very misleading, since such a network only means combining two 2100Mhz cells, while the network technology itself is still 3G.