5G may be coming, but 3G is going away. It was the first really useful mobile data service, holding so much promise in its initial years that the very first iPhone was dinged by critics for not ...

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In February, AT&T announced the shutdown of its 2G and 3G cellular networks, the first of several sunsets occurring in the U.S. this year. Mobile network operators are reallocating radio spectrum from ...

ONE of the UK’s biggest mobile networks has shut down the service it was founded on after more than 23 years. The move could ...

The 3G network brought us the world of the internet in our pockets, allowing real mobile internet access and the start of streaming audio and low-resolution audio. It was revolutionary at the time it ...

The rollout of 3G (third-generation) wireless data networks began in Japan as early as 2001, but the first 3G network didn’t appear in the United States until 2002. Major rollouts began here a few ...

Most of the excitement at Mobile World Congress this month will be about 5G, which won’t officially exist until 2020. But vendors will also be showing off new ways to speed up the networks people are ...

Aaron Hommell bought his 3G iPhone 5 in 2014 and kept it for more than seven years, holding onto it even after the screen cracked and a long list of faster models hit the market. Then a year ago, AT&T ...

Consumers using a phone that still runs on the Verizon 3G network have a bit more time to continue using the network. The company’s 3G network is still up and running — after Verizon previously said ...