This morning Spark completed its nationwide shutdown of the 3G network, marking the closure of all 3G networks in New Zealand. Customer Director, Greg Clark says the shutdown follows years of ...

The 3G wireless network was once among the world's hottest innovations. Today, it feels old-fashioned with fifth-generation (5G), and even sixth-generation (6G), networks soon dominating the tech ...

While Spark’s 3G network is still running nationwide, some customers on other networks may find their 111 calls still work on a 3G-reliant phone by connecting through Spark. Once Spark switches off ...

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 ...

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 ...

The UK's 3G network is expected to be shut off by the end of 2025. While many now use smartphones with 5G, on the surface it makes sense. But for drivers, the move away from 3G is throwing up problems ...

The technology which transformed mobile communication is no more. Spark announced the final shutdown of its 3G service this ...

Tens of thousands of phones will stop working and small businesses could be left in the lurch from Monday with the imminent shutdown of Australia’s 3G network. Telstra and Optus are closing the ageing ...