(TNS) — Wireless customers throughout California and nationwide can look forward to a big upgrade in service next year — and possibly some major headaches as millions of older phones become obsolete.

The 3G network shutdown is coming and mainly will affect older phones like iPhones before iPhone 6. As AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile usher in the 5G era, they're also about to end their support for 3G.

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VodafoneThree has confirmed that Three UK's 3G mobile network has been switched off. The telco retired its network on the ...

Mobile phone companies’ 5G networks are bringing more speed and innovation to consumers, but there’s at least one trade-off: To open up airwaves for 5G, the companies are shutting down older networks ...

South Korea has decided to make full 5G standalone (SA) deployment mandatory for mobile operators as a condition for renewing ...

Amazon Kindle's 3G will lose its internet access by December, as the company favors the support for 4G LTE and 5G for download of e-books on the tablet. This does not mean that the Amazon Kindle 3G ...

2degrees has confirmed that it will begin its 3G switch-off from December 14 in New Zealand. As reported by The New Zealand ...

Mobile operator Three UK (VodafoneThree), which at the start of 2025 confirmed (here) that the “vast majority” of their 3G ...