In a Securities and Exchange Commission "10Q" filing, AT&T said that it will it will shutting down its second generation network so that it can concentrate on upgrading infrastructure to better technologies for the future.
The network shutdown will occur by January 1, 2017, and the spectrum used by 2G services will be reallocated for 3G and 4G use. Currently, about 12 percent of its customers under contract are still using handsets that do not support 3G.
Friday, August 3, 2012
AT&T to Shut Down 2G network by 2017
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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