Verizon Shutters 3G Network
Verizon shuttered its 3G network at the end of the year, it confirmed. Both AT&T and T-Mobile closed their legacy 3G networks last year. “Since 2016, we have stated publicly that we have been actively decommissioning our 3G CDMA network,”…
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Verizon said in a statement: “As of December 31, … months after our competitors shut off their networks completely, we decommissioned the network.” Verizon noted the shutdown was initially planned for 2019: “However, we extended our shut off date to the end of 2022 in order to care for our customers and give them every effort to minimize disruptions to their service as they moved to newer and more advanced technologies. That outreach included proactively communicating through billing messages, digital and traditional outreach and even sending some customers updated devices proactively.”