Nations adopting 5G are dismantling older mobile networks, with many carriers already dropping 3G and planning to retire 2G over the next decade, while keeping 4G in place as a bridge to 5G. The US ...

Sunsets are beautiful — unless you’re talking about the sunset of a cellular network you’re unprepared for. Ad Loading... You’ve probably heard about 5G. This fifth generation of cellular services ...

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 ...

HANOVER, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tecore Networks, a U.S. based manufacturer and global supplier of innovative mobile network infrastructure applauds the FCC’s finalization of the application procedures, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The United Kingdom announced today that it will be switching off its 2G and 3G networks by 2033 as it’s been focusing more on the newer 5G technology. As reported by TechRadar, the government said ...

If your thought repurposing DVB-T dongles for generic software defined radio (SDR) use was cool, wait until you see QCSuper, a project that re-purposes phones and modems to capture raw 2G/3G/4G/5G.

The Philippines' government is preparing to ramp up the retirement of 2G and 3G mobile services in the country. As reported by local media outlet Philstar Global, the country's Department of ...

The infrastructure of 2G and 3G cellular networks are similar. They comprise an air interface between the user's mobile device and the base station and two core networks; one for circuit-switched ...