Telco Forum warns retailers to tell customers about 3G-shutdown device impacts
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When Does 4G Sunset?
No large cell carriers have announced specific long-term plans for phasing out 4G cellular. However, all of them have commented in various forums that 4G will eventually be retired, as happened to 3G. Looking at the lifespan of 3G might be a decent barometer for the lifecycle of 4G. The phase-out of 3G happened in 2022, about twenty years after its introduction. Interestingly, the 3G phase-out was delayed by the pandemic and might have otherwise…
Telecommunications Forum Warns Retailers About 3G Shutdown
The Telecommunications Forum is warning New Zealand retailers about their responsibilities to consumers regarding the upcoming shutdown of the country’s 3G networks. Spark, 2degrees and One New Zealand will shutdown their 3G networks from the end of this year, meaning devices that rely on 3G will no longer connect. Devices that are sold new today […]
Telco Forum warns retailers to tell customers about 3G-shutdown device impacts
The Telecommunications Forum is warning retailers of their responsibility to ensure customers are fully informed about whether devices now being sold will still function after the shutdown of the country’s 3G networks. Spark, 2degrees and One New Zealand will shut down their 3G networks from the end of this year, meaning devices that rely on 3G will no longer connect. “Devices have to be fit for purpose for a reasonable period of time and custom…
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