Every major mobile carrier plans to shut down its 3G network this year, largely to free up mobile bandwidth for upcoming 5G network rollouts. First up is AT&T, which will shut down its 3G network on ...

CHICAGO -- Twenty years after 3G was first introduced in the United States, paving the way for a new generation of mobile apps, the network is officially being phased out. AT&T is set to pull the plug ...

The 3G shutdown is primarily intended to re-use the spectrum for 4G and 5G, which are newer standards, better technologies and more efficient. The same thing happened with 2G, which AT&T and Verizon ...

2degrees has completed the shutdown of its 3G services. The shutdown removed 3G services from operation and will see 2degrees mobile users connected to the more modern 4G and 5G networks.

Spark New Zealand issued a progress update on customers migrating from 3G ahead of network shutdown scheduled for 31 March, with voice and data usage falling 70 per cent and 50 per cent, respectively.

Voice usage on Spark’s 3G network has declined by 70 percent since the telco announced its impending shutdown last June, with the service on track to close on 31 March. According to Spark, customers ...

SaskTel has officially set a deadline for its aging 3G network, announcing that the service will be fully shut down on ...

3G network will shut off in 2025 but UK parking is reliant on it - what will happen? The UK's 3G network is expected to be shut off by the end of 2025. While many now use smartphones with 5G, on the ...

SaskTel says it will shut down its 3G wireless network on Oct. 1, 2027, as the Crown corporation shifts customers to newer technologies and repurposes spectrum to expand capacity on faster networks.