Major mobile carriers will be shutting down 3G networks in 2022 starting with AT&T , which will make the change Tuesday. The switch will make some older phones and devices useless but will make way for more advanced services, including 5G.
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By October 2020, T-Mobile announced that it would be shutting down Sprint’s CDMA (e.g., 3G) network in January 2022 , giving Dish around a year to migrate customers to 4G.
Read moreIs T-Mobile shutting down?
The network will be completely decommissioned by May 31 . T-Mobile originally planned to retire the network at the end of 2021, but delayed the shutdown to give customers like those on Boost Mobile more time to upgrade to phones that work on newer networks.
Read moreWhat is T-Mobile getting rid of?
Sprint’s LTE network will be retired on June 30, 2022. The good news is most Sprint LTE and 5G devices are compatible with the T-Mobile LTE or 5G network and will continue to operate on T-Mobile’s LTE and 5G networks.
Read moreIs Verizon shutting down 3G?
Verizon finalized plans to shut down its 3G CDMA network after multiple delays, stating it will officially pull the plug on December 31, 2022 . The operator stopped activating 3G CDMA devices on its network in 2018, preparing for an original target shutdown date at the end of 2019.
Read moreIs T-Mobile shutting down CDMA?
“We are proceeding with the orderly shutdown of our CDMA network beginning on March 31 ,” a T-Mobile representative said Wednesday. The network will be completely decommissioned by May 31.
Read moreWill 3G be turned off?
Verizon announced that will finish shutting down its 3G network by December 31, 2022 . T-Mobile announced that it will finish shutting down Sprint’s 3G CDMA network by March 31, 2022 and Sprint’s 4G LTE network by June 30, 2022.
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