It's hard to believe nowadays, but in a simpler time, cellphones really were called "cell phones," not dumbphones, smartphones, feature phones, or superphones. They bulged in your pocket — if they fit ...

Since the very early 1990s, we have become used to ubiquitous digital mobile phone coverage for both voice and data. Such has been their success that they have for many users entirely supplanted the ...

As 3G mobile networks continue to gradually be phased out by network operators, telcos are freeing up vital resources in the form of spectrum to support their respective 4G and 5G networks. But before ...

T-Mobile's 2G network shuts down next year, or in 2024, to be more exact, years after other carriers did so. The US carrier interestingly continued to offer a 2G network to its customers even after ...

Closing down 2G fits with the regulator's remit of making the best use of available spectrum. Typical phone replacement rates are something like every twenty months, so killing off something which saw ...