Japan's telecom giant NTT Docomo says it will end its 3G network service for its feature phones at the end of March.

The 3G shutdown is primarily intended to re-use the spectrum for 4G and 5G, which are newer standards, better technologies and more efficient. The same thing happened with 2G, which AT&T and Verizon ...

Every major mobile carrier plans to shut down its 3G network this year, largely to free up mobile bandwidth for upcoming 5G network rollouts. First up is AT&T, which will shut down its 3G network on ...

Virgin Media O2, the owner of the UK’s nationwide O2 mobile network, is the last of the country’s telecoms providers to be turning off its old 3G network. EE, Three and Vodafone have already turned ...

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 ...

A digital equity advocate is worried many people will not understand what is required to keep connected after the 3G network is shut down. The network is partially closed now. 2Degrees has shut its ...

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 ...

SASKATCHEWAN — SaskTel has announced that it will be turning down its 3G wireless network on October 1, 2027. After this date, 3G wireless devices will no longer function on SaskTel’s network.