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 ...

Spark New Zealand's 3G voice and data usage dropped 70 per cent and 50 per cent, respectively, ahead of a network shutdown 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 UK's biggest mobile provider has announced it will be shutting down its 3G services imminently this year, and Martin ...

Australia’s telcos are finally shutting down the 3G network. However, many critical services in security, healthcare and manufacturing continue to rely on the technology. Image: Jon Anders Wiken/Adobe ...

Voice usage on Spark’s 3G network has declined by 70 percent since the telco announced its impending shutdown last June, with ...

Estonian telco Tele2 has confirmed that it will retire its 3G network by the end of this year. In an announcement this week, the carrier said it will kick off its switch-off next month, beginning in ...

Spark customers are getting ready for the telco’s nationwide 3G shutdown on 31 March 2026, with 3G voice usage declining 70% since Spark announced its shutdown date in June last year. 3G data usage ...

Crnogorski Telekom has confirmed that it will retire its 3G network fully this month. The Montenegrin telco will officially shutter the network on January 22, 2024. The shutdown has arrived slightly ...

While the number of customers remaining on 3G networks is now small, in the region of one to two percent, late switchers are disproportionately located in the weather-affected districts. Removing ...

Spark New Zealand has reported that 3G usage on its network is down by 70 percent since June. Significantly, that was when Spark confirmed a hard date for its 3G shutdown, which is set for March 31, ...