With Verizon's official 3G shutdown looming for New Year's Eve, the carrier is finding an answer for people with older phones. Ian Sherr Contributor and Former Editor at Large / News Ian Sherr (he/him ...

You might not think many people still use 3G phones or flip phones, but with 3G networks being shut down later this year, one carrier is working on a special program to make things easier for those ...

Verizon, one of the biggest telecommunications companies in the United States, is planning to shut down its 3G network at the end of 2022. Although most of its customers are now using phones powered ...

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Verizon is preparing to pull the plug on its 3G CDMA network by the end of this year. The company announced the plan more than a year back but it appears some of its customers have yet to upgrade ...

3G is effectively dead in the US, with AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon having phased it out in 2022. Smaller carriers and MVNOs are dependent on the Big Three, so there was no way 3G could keep going. The ...

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 ...

The 3G network is being shut off in the US – and your phone might be, too. Many devices that are not able to make use of the replacement signals will become useless after the switch-off happens. AT&T ...