T-Mobile Begins Shutdown of Sprint 3G Network

T-Mobile said Wednesday that its shutdown of Sprint's 3G network is proceeding as planned, beginning on March 31st. The Verge reports: As part of the shutdown process, the company said in a statement emailed to The Verge, it will migrate customers over the next 60 days "to ensure they are supported and not left without connectivity, and the network will be completely turned off by no later than May 31." Earlier reports suggested that the actual shutdown date was being pushed to May 31st, which would have been the second delay; originally, T-Mobile was going to phase out the network in January but said in October that it would extend the deadline to March 31st.

CDMA

[ArhcAngel]

I assume they mean the 3G CDMA network.

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[Hydrian]

Sprint was always a CDMA network.

What took so long?

[JHutto]

Wow, Sprint first used WiMax then went to LTE and dropped service for WiMax in 2014. Why did they still have people on EVDO Rev 0 and Rev a when T-Mobile buy them?

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[flaguy11]

Dish TV's network was using the CDMA network for its customers, and it is taking time to get them off. Oh, and other devices are using the network like my heart monitor. At one point though, it is time to move on.