When were 3G networks first introduced in the US?
Verizon Wireless became a 3G network in July 2002 – the second 3G provider in the US and the first to stay in business – while AT&T launched the company’s 3G network in the US in 2004. Japanese phone giant NTT DoCoMo launched the world’s first 3G network in 2001._x000D_
Are 3G networks disappearing?
_x000D_Telecom companies are shutting down their old 3G networks. AT&T is scheduled to be the first carrier to shut down its 3G network on Feb. 22, 2022. In December, T-Mobile will shut down its 3G network and Verizon by Jul. 1. The upgrade will disconnect 1.5 million customers with 3G dependent fire or burglar alarms and about half a million with medical alert devices that run on 3G – unless they upgrade their devices.