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Verizon has begun cutting off 3G. As 4G smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices replace older 3G gadgets, Verizon is changing the makeup of its network to compensate. In New York, Verizon ...
Verizon stopped activating new 3G devices in 2018. Last year, it added other limitations around 3G service, including no longer allowing customers to activate their own 3G device on an existing ...
Verizon is delaying its planned shutdown of its 3G network, which was originally planned for the end of 2020. The company will still work to transition customers from the older network to new LTE ...
Verizon is shutting down its 3G CDMA network on December 31, 2022. That’s two years later than originally planned. You may see service degrade before the cutoff.
Verizon said only that 3G phones were no longer supported to us. We went ahead and plugged in IMEIs for phones as old as the HTC Thunbderbolt (2011) and DROID RAZR (2011), both of which came up as ...
Verizon's 3G network will turn off on Dec. 31, leaving months of time for customers to move to a device that is compatible with at least its 4G LTE network.
For years the telecommunications industry has been telling mobile users impatient for wireless data access at reasonable speeds to wait for 3G -- a new, third generation of cellular technologies ...
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.
The last 3G network in the US is all but gone, as Verizon has spent the last month kicking users off it. The spectrum it used will likely go on to do better things, but it’s worth taking a ...
Verizon has begun cutting off 3G. As 4G smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices replace older 3G gadgets, Verizon is changing the makeup of its network to compensate. In New York, Verizon ...
Verizon stopped activating new 3G devices in 2018. Last year, it added other limitations around 3G service, including no longer allowing customers to activate their own 3G device on an existing ...
Verizon has talked about decommissioning 3G for years — the 2012 release of the iPhone 5 resulted in a big shift of customers from 3G to the then-new 4G network.