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| 2011 || Mobile as a modem || The Verizon iPhone is released. It includes the 'Personal Hotspot" feature which allows a user to use the iPhone as a wireless [[w:hotspot (Wi-Fi)|hotspot]], with up to five devices connecting at one time.<ref name="vsw verizon iP4 record 1">{{cite press release|title=Verizon Wireless Has Record Sales On First Day Of iPhone 4|url=http://news.vzw.com/news/2011/02/pr2011-02-04.html|publisher={{w|Verizon Wireless}}|accessdate=February 4, 2011|date=February 4, 2011}}</ref><ref name="wp verizon iP4 release 1">{{cite news|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2011/01/liveblog_the_verizon_iphone.html|work=The Washington Post|title=Liveblog: The Verizon iPhone|date=|accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="npr verizon iP4 release 1">{{cite web|last=Memmott|first=Mark|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/01/11/132833078/its-official-verizon-has-iphone-4|title=It's Official: Verizon Has The iPhone 4: The Two-Way|publisher=NPR|date=January 11, 2011|accessdate=31 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="wsj verizon iP4 release 1">{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703791904576075681886276172|work=The Wall Street Journal|first=Shayndi|last=Raice|title=Verizon Unwraps iPhone|date=January 12, 2011}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 2011 || Statistics || As of date, 90% of the world's population live in areas with {{w|2G}} coverage, while 45% live in areas with {{w|2G}} and {{w|3G}} coverage, and 5% live in areas with {{w|4G}} coverage. By 2017 more than 90% of the world's population is expected to have 2G coverage, 85% is expected to have 3G coverage, and 50% will have 4G coverage.<ref name=ITU-ITCFacts>[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/facts/2011/material/ICTFactsFigures2011.pdf "The World in 2011: ITC Facts and Figures"], International Telecommunications Unions (ITU), Geneva, 2011</ref> ||
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| 2012 || Organization || The British Government announces the establishment of a {{w|5G}} Innovation Centre at the {{w|University of Surrey}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.surrey.ac.uk/ccsr/business/5GIC/|title=5G Innovation Centre|work=University of Surrey - Guildford|accessdate= 29 July 2017}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
