{"id":148766,"date":"2021-01-06T19:10:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T16:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/3g-network-gets-a-stay-of-execution-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2021-01-06T19:10:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T16:10:28","slug":"3g-network-gets-a-stay-of-execution-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/3g-network-gets-a-stay-of-execution-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#3G Network Gets a Stay of Execution \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#3G Network Gets a Stay of Execution \u2013 Review Geek”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Verizon\u2019s 3G network is no longer the backbone of its wireless phone service\u2014every new device it sells is LTE or 5G capable, and that\u2019s been the case for two years. But for some reason, the company says it\u2019s halting its previous plans to shut down the older, slower network, previously slated for late 2019 and then sometime in 2020.<\/p>\n

A company spokesperson told this to Light Reading<\/a> in no uncertain terms: \u201cour 3G network is operational and we don\u2019t have a plan to shut it down at this time.\u201d The representative went on to say that the company would \u201cwork with customers to move them to newer technology<\/a>.\u201d But with a definite shutdown date now off the calendar, it looks like users who prefer their older, 3G-only devices can breathe a sigh of relief.<\/p>\n

Why Verizon would reverse course on shutting down an old and expensive network isn\u2019t clear. The COVID-19 pandemic would be an obvious answer (as it is for more or less every unexpected shift in policy these days): perhaps too many customers were unable to afford new phones around that crucial but indefinite 2020 shutdown.<\/p>\n

Verizon\u2019s course change stands in contrast to the rising competition of a combined T-Mobile-Sprint. The newly-merged company is requiring new phones to support Voice Over LTE (making 3G all but obsolete) this month, and the older Sprint CDMA network is being shuttered completely as of early 2022. (Verizon also uses CDMA for its 3G phones.) AT&T has announced plans to end 3G service around the same time<\/a>. With an expensive and confusing 5G rollout still in progress across the globe, it\u2019s no surprise that companies are sunsetting older network technologies.<\/p>\n

Source: Light Reading<\/a> via Engadget<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n