Last Updated: January 01, 2023, 17:53 IST
3G networks are shutting down is US for good
US operators have regularly pulled the plug on 3G networks, and now clients can solely use 4G networks within the nation.
It is curtains for 3G cellular companies within the US, with the final telecommunication supplier Verizon winding the previous community on its clients’ gadgets.
AT&T turned off its 3G service in February this yr and T-Mobile began shutting down previous networks in March.
Verizon has despatched individuals new, LTE-capable telephones, in addition to letters explaining precisely what’s going to occur, reviews The Verge.
Verizon has reportedly instructed clients with 3G telephones that their “traces can be suspended beginning the day earlier than their December billing cycle begins”.
After the deadline, they will be able to use 3G phones only for calling 911 and Verizon customer service.
3G still exists in several countries.
According to Fierce Wireless, telecom carrier Orange plans to phase out its 2G and 3G networks in Europe by 2030.
In France, 2G can be decommissioned first, by the tip of 2025, adopted by a 3G shutdown by the tip of 2028.
The first 3G phones began appearing in the early 2000s, but in the US, the network really came into its own with the rise of the smartphone.
In India where 5G services have been rolled out, 4G now constitutes nearly 99 per cent of the total data traffic consumed across the country.
The launch of low-cost 4G smartphones provided the necessary headroom for data growth with a significant number of 2G/3G subscribers potentially upgrading to a 4G smartphone, according to Nokia’s ‘Mobile Broadband India Traffic Index’ report.
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