The 3G wireless network was once among the world's hottest innovations. Today, it feels old-fashioned with fifth-generation (5G), and even sixth-generation (6G), networks soon dominating the tech ...

CHICAGO -- Twenty years after 3G was first introduced in the United States, paving the way for a new generation of mobile apps, the network is officially being phased out. AT&T is set to pull the plug ...

Two telcos in Singapore have been granted additional time to move their 3G customers to newer networks, a transition originally scheduled to be completed by this month. A third carrier, M1, already ...

Virgin Media O2 has confirmed it will switch off its 3G network in 2025. The telco noted that the move will enable it to upgrade its 4G and 5G networks, reduce energy consumption, and deliver enhanced ...

Britain is set to become a post-3G nation as Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) prepares to be the last of the country's mobile networks to switch off its 3G service, although it may linger for a while at a few ...

Although masts and the 3G access networks are being combined, each company’s core network – and T-Mobile’s 2G network – will not be shared and both parties will retain responsibility for the delivery ...

AT&T shut down its 3G network today. It is the first U.S. carrier to do so and more carriers will follow suit this year. T-Mobile plans to end its 3G services at the end of March and Verizon will do ...

BT EE has completed the shutdown of its 3G mobile network in the UK. The telco finalized the switch-off last week in Belfast, and has become the first operator in the country to retire the legacy ...