One New Zealand is about to begin the first phase of its nationwide 3G network shutdown. Tomorrow, Dunedin will lose 3G service.

While the number of customers remaining on 3G networks is now small, in the region of one to two percent, late switchers are disproportionately located in the weather-affected districts. Removing ...

Voice usage on Spark’s 3G network has declined by 70 percent since the telco announced its impending shutdown last June, with ...

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 ...

Spark New Zealand has reported that 3G usage on its network is down by 70 percent since June. Significantly, that was when Spark confirmed a hard date for its 3G shutdown, which is set for March 31, ...

The UK's biggest mobile provider has announced it will be shutting down its 3G services imminently this year, and Martin ...

One NZ has kicked off its planned 3G shutdown from today (January 20). The telco confirmed that the 3G network switch-off will be carried out in phases, beginning with the Dunedin region. One NZ has ...

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 ...

Dunedin has become the first region where One New Zealand has turned off its 3G services this week. This is the first phase ...

2degrees has delayed the shutdown of its 3G shutdown for a week while the country grapples with several states of emergency due to weather.

In Switzerland, Swisscom's 3G network has been shut down since the turn of the year. A bike-sharing provider had hoped in vain that this would be delayed.

Spark New Zealand's 3G voice and data usage dropped 70 per cent and 50 per cent, respectively, ahead of a network shutdown on ...