Neowin News Feed for: 3g

Virgin Media O2 confirms it's on track to kill 3G in 2025

Paul Hill — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 18:50:01 +0000

Virgin Media O2 has said it's on track to turn off its 3G network in 2025 following successful switch-off trials. It will contact customers who need to make any changes to use its services. Read more...

UK networks are shutting down 3G starting with Vodafone

Paul Hill — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 05:46:01 +0000

All of the UK's mobile network providers will close down their 3G services in 2024 and 2025. Vodafone is being most aggressive as it will conduct the final shutdown phase this month and next. Read more...

Virgin Media O2 has upgraded its mobile network in staycation hotspots

Paul Hill — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 21:50:02 +0000

Virgin Media O2 has announced upgrades to its network in several staycation locations around the UK including Kent, Cornwall, East Sussex, Yorkshire, the Scottish Highlands and Hebrides. Read more...

Three UK saw a 385% growth in 5G usage on its network in 2021 year-over-year, overtaking 3G

Paul Hill — Sat, 09 Apr 2022 00:58:02 +0000

Three UK has revealed in a report that 5G usage grew on its network by 385% between 2020 and 2021. With such growth, it managed to overtake 3G, which is where the company gets its name from. Read more...

Vodafone UK will begin 3G switch off from 2023

Paul Hill — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 10:44:01 +0000

Vodafone UK has decided to retire its 3G network beginning in 2023. To get people ready, the company is going to run a campaign to ensure that its customers are not left behind as 3G is turned off. Read more...

UK will phase out 2G and 3G by 2033 as 5G rolls out

Paul Hill — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 20:06:01 +0000

The UK government has announced that 2G and 3G connectivity will be switched off by 2033. This is the end date for the switch off but networks could choose to end support earlier than this. Read more...

Verizon is shutting down its 3G network at the end of next year

Rich Woods — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 18:16:01 +0000

Today, Verizon announced the date that it's going to shut down its CDMA 3G network once and for all. It's no longer going to work after the end of next year, so you'll want a newer device. Read more...

Worldwide 5G infrastructure spending to nearly double in 2020

Paul Hill — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 03:50:01 +0000

Gartner has forecasted that worldwide 5G infrastructure spend will almost double compared to last year. It said Greater China (China, Taiwan, Hong Kong) would lead on 5G adoption in the short term. Read more...

T-Mobile to reportedly drop support for non-VoLTE phones on its network from January

Abhay V — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 21:08:01 +0000

A new report suggests that T-Mobile will drop support for 2G and 3G networks in January 2021. Users that have a device that doesn't support VoLTE have less than six months to buy a new phone. Read more...

AT&T asks users to buy a new phone to avoid losing service - for changes coming in 2022

Abhay V — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 18:00:01 +0000

In a poorly worded email, AT&T is urging users to update their phones to avoid service disruptions. The change mentioned is actually the phasing out of the 3G network - which is due in February 2020. Read more...

Qualcomm and LG Electronics join hands in a new global patent license agreement

Ather Fawaz — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 14:32:01 +0000

The five-year patent license agreement covers the development of single-mode and multimode 3G, 4G, and 5G devices by LG despite unbridgeable differences between the two companies back in June. Read more...

These are the first 16 cities in the U.K. where EE will bring 5G connectivity

Paul Hill — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 17:04:01 +0000

The U.K. mobile operator, EE, has announced the first areas that will get 5G next year. The firm is also going to be bringing 5G broadband via the 5G Home router to showcase 5G's competence. Read more...

3G becomes 4G as EE begins switching more airwaves to the newer network, 5G plans announced

João Carrasqueira — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 18:22:01 +0000

The UK carrier today announced that it will be shifting even more of its radio towers from 3G to 4G over the next six months, enabling clearer voice calls and much faster internet connections. Read more...

Bangladesh government blocks mobile internet after protests turn violent

Usama Jawad — Sun, 05 Aug 2018 16:16:01 +0000

Reports claim that the Bangladeshi government has blocked mobile internet in some regions after protests against the killing of two students in a road accident turned violent, with over 100 injured. Read more...

Apple reportedly ready to launch LTE-only, standalone Apple Watch Series 3

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 07:56:01 +0000

Apple will unveil a new Watch wearable at its September iPhone event. The new device will feature LTE connectivity and be able to make calls and stream music independent of an iPhone connection. Read more...

Apple reportedly having trouble bringing cellular connectivity to the Watch

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 10:10:01 +0000

Apple is hitting technological roadblocks in its quest to divorce the Watch from the iPhone. Unfortunately, large amount of power needed for cellular connections is proving too much for the Watch. Read more...

Indian company 'Ringing Bells' to open preorders for sub $5 smartphone tomorrow

Steven Parker — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:22:01 +0000

It's amazing what you can get for under five bucks these days. In India, you'll soon be able to get a smartphone with a 4-inch qHD display, 1.3 GHz quad-core CPU, 8 GB storage (expandable) and more. Read more...

Telstra Australia announces 14 Feb a 'free data usage' day following Tuesday's outage

Steven Parker — Sat, 13 Feb 2016 15:28:01 +0000

When Telstra Australia users were hit with severe outages on Tuesday, the company suggested that they might compensate with free data, this is exactly what they have done for Valentine's Day. Read more...

Iranian cleric issues fatwa against 3G and high-speed Internet

Andy Weir — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 18:14:19 +0000

A leading cleric has issued a fatwa against high-speed internet, calling it "against Sharia and moral standards", but Iran's President Rouhani says that web access is vital for the younger generation. Read more...

World's smallest 3G modem is about the size of a penny

William Fear — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 19:54:04 +0000

As Moore's law predicted, micro-processing grows ever smaller with Intel's one cent sized 3G modem that will likely soon invade all sorts of wearables and other random objects. Read more...

European Commission approves mobile phone usage mid-flight

Phi Ha — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 21:00:00 +0000

Tedious plane trips could be that much better in the European Union after new rules regarding phone usage were implemented. Passengers can now use 3G and 4G services to make calls and browse the net. Read more...