Nearly a decade ago, Verizon informed customers that it would be shutting down its 2G and 3G CDMA networks by 2021. At the time, the carrier was still in the process of switching to 4G LTE, but as the 4G rollout continued, Verizon actually pushed up the date for 3G’s demise to 2019.
Nearly a decade ago, Verizon informed customers that it would be shutting down its 2G and 3G CDMA networks by 2021. At the time, the carrier was still in the process of switching to 4G LTE, but as the 4G rollout continued, Verizon actually pushed up the date for 3G’s demise to 2019. Then 2019 came and went without any news, and this January, Verizon spokesperson Kevin King told Light Reading that “our 3G network is operational and we don’t have a plan to shut it down at this time. We’ll work with customers to move them to newer technology.” It appears that over the last three months, Verizon had yet another change of heart, because on Tuesday, the carrier announced that the new shutdown date for its 3G network is the end of 2022. “We will turn off the last of the 3G CDMA network on December 31,2022, months after our competitors have shut off their networks completely,” Verizon says.
