T-Mobile will shut down its 3G network in January 2021, a year before AT&T plans to retire the same network standard. A leak reveals that T-Mobile plans to require all handset makers to >>
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AT&T just scared its customers with a message telling them their phones won’t work soon
AT&T plans to shut down its 3G network in February 2022, at which point some of the current phones will not be able to make ore receive phone calls. But the carrier started >>
Forget 3G and 4G, terahertz could make cell phones 1,000 times faster
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh announced that they have discovered a means of wirelessly transmitting data thousands of times faster than current standards, PCMag reported on Wednesday. The team is led by >>
AT&T urges customers to dump 2G, upgrade to 3G and 4G
AT&T wants customers who are still using 2G phones to upgrade to the company’s faster 3G and 4G networks, MarketWatch reported last week. The carrier is in the process of sending notices to >>
German court dismisses second Samsung patent suit against Apple
One week after dismissing Samsung’s first German patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, a German court has also rejected a second suit, reports Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents. Judge Andreas Voss of Germany’s Mannheim >>
More than 50% of mobile phones sold this year will be 3G or 4G capable
More than 50% of all phones sold this year will be capable of running on 4G or 3G data networks, according to a new report from ABI Research. “As the festive cheer of >>
Verizon 4G LTE suffering nationwide outage for third time this month [updated]
Verizon Wireless users are once again suffering from a widespread 4G LTE and 3G EV-DO data outage. The outage is the third one of the month and only seems to be affecting users >>
T-Mobile USA to receive AWS spectrum and a 3G roaming deal from AT&T breakup
Deutsche Telekom recently detailed the breakup terms AT&T agreed to following the deterioration of its planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA. Deutsche Telekom will receive $3 billion in cash and T-Mobile USA will benefit >>
