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.
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AT&T recently announced that it’s going to shut down its 3G service on February 22, 2022. This means that some older devices will no longer work after that date, including the iPhone 5s and earlier models .
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 moreWill a 3G phone work on a 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 .2 Şub 2022
Read moreWill 3G phones work on a 5G network?
The 5G phones allows for interoperability with 4G/3G/2G network . Therefore, 5G phones work with 4G network, as same as 4G phones work with 3G network.
Read moreWill 4G phones stop working after 5G?
The growth of 5G networks doesn’t mean 4G is going away. Mobile carriers will use existing 4G LTE networks to provide their customers’ cell service well into the next decade. 5G networks will work with 4G — not outright replace it. The upshot is that 5G-capable cell phones will still use 4G technology .
Read moreWill 4G phones become obsolete?
Within the U.S., it’s reasonable to assume that by the end of 2022 there will not be a single major carrier supporting 2G. The same fate awaits 3G. 4G LTE operates under a different scenario, and we can confidently say that 4G will be around for at least another decade .
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