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 ...

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 ...

A digital equity advocate is worried many people will not understand what is required to keep connected after the 3G network is shut down. The network is partially closed now. 2Degrees has shut its ...

3G networks will be shut off in Singapore next July, giving a one-year roadmap for 1% of the mobile phone population to make the switch to newer generations. It marks an end to a 20-year ...

PHOENIX - A number of Americans will need to get new smartphones, as major cell service providers switched off their 3G network, also referred to on some websites as the 3G sunset. Here's what you ...

Two telcos in Singapore have been granted additional time to move their 3G customers to newer networks, a transition originally scheduled to be completed by this month. A third carrier, M1, already ...

All three main mobile operators are shutting down their 3G networks and upgrading their sites to either 4G or 5G.

Verizon’s in the process of kicking the remaining customers off its old network — the last one in the US. Verizon’s in the process of kicking the remaining customers off its old network — the last one ...

SASKATCHEWAN — SaskTel has announced that it will be turning down its 3G wireless network on October 1, 2027. After this date, 3G wireless devices will no longer function on SaskTel’s network.

You’ve probably seen Verizon’s “There’s a Map for That” ads on TV. The ads use two maps to compare the coverage area of Verizon’s 3G wireless networks with AT&T’s. Verizon’s 3G network is obviously ...