Optus has announced that it will cease offering its 2G service from April 1, 2017, with the telco to shut down its 2G GSM network coming as a result of increased 4G uptake by customers. "Greater ...

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With 2G accounting for less than 1 percent of network traffic, Telstra has announced it will close the GSM network by the end of 2016. Claire Reilly was a video host, journalist and producer covering ...

It’s the end of an era: On January 1, AT&T finally, officially shut down its 2G network. “To help support the massive growth of mobile internet usage and free up spectrum for newer technologies, we ...

We knew it was coming, but now AT&T has made it official: the carrier's 2G network is no more. AT&T announced this week that it has shut down its 2G network, a move that's been years in the making.

“The operators that have implemented 5G have four technologies on the go at the same time. That's an extremely costly way of ...

T-Mobile's 2G network shuts down next year, or in 2024, to be more exact, years after other carriers did so. The US carrier interestingly continued to offer a 2G network to its customers even after ...

The mobile industry has evolved at a significant rate over the last several years, and not just in terms of hardware. Not only have our phones gotten smarter, our networks have also improved with the ...

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AT&T yesterday announced that its 2G wireless network was officially shut down on January 1, 2017, following four years of planning for its discontinuation. As The Verge points out, the end of the 2G ...