Older style 3G models of Tracfones, flip phones, Jitterbugs, etc. will be discontinued as early as January 2022 . According to Van Buren Township police, those 3G devices will not only be disabled from normal use but will also be unable to call or dial 9-1-1.
Read moreWill my 4G LTE phone work in 2022?
T-Mobile and Sprint 3G/2G/4G LTE network shutdown dates T-Mobile has listed the dates for shutting down Sprint’s 3G and 4G LTE networks, and migrating people to modern broadband speed pastures. These are January 1, 2022 for Sprint’s 3G network sunset, and June 30, 2022 for the 4G LTE connections, respectively.
Read moreWill CDMA phones work in 2022?
3G CDMA Network Retirement We are actively decommissioning our 3G CDMA network and expect to be completed by no later than December 31, 2022 .
Read moreHow long will 4G phones be working?
The first 4G LTE sunset announcements are expected after 2030 , which means that companies can safely invest in 4G-based IoT solutions today and for the foreseeable future.
Read moreWill my phone still work in 2022?
Major mobile carriers will be shutting down their 3G networks in 2022, rendering older phones useless. The retirement of the 3G network is to make room for more advanced networks, like 5G, which is much faster. Once the 3G network is shut down, 3G cell phones will not work .26 Ara 2021
Read moreIs LTE going away in 2022?
T-Mobile will finish shutting down Sprint’s 3G network, also known as CDMA, on March. 31, 2022, and retire Sprint’s LTE network by June 30, 2022 . T-Mobile also plans to shut down its 3G networks by July 1, 2022, and will retire its older GSM 2G network, but no date has been set.
Read moreCan a 3G phone work on 5G network?
Although 3G and 5G use different technologies to send and receive data, they operate at some of the same frequencies. But according to AT&T, they can’t coexist on those frequencies — the airwaves assigned to 3G customers cannot also be used for 5G customers .
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