The end of 2G for AT&T slated for this year

Posted on by Jules Wang

We’ve been livin’ on the EDGE for a long time, but AT&T figures it’s about that time that the sky started falling on GSM. CFO John Stevens says the network’s remaining 2G networks will be shut off by the end of this year.In AT&T’s Q1 earnings conference call, Stevens said that the company moved off six million customers from 2G in the past 12 months. Some stubborn feature phone-wielding subscribers may end up getting lost in the transition, ...

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What is 5G and why should you care?

Posted on by Joe Levi

There are three major components to evaluate whenever you talk about network speed: latency, download speed, and upload speed. For most of us, that translates into “how fast does it load” when talking about web pages or other content, or “how high is the resolution” when streaming video. We’ve already gone through quite a few iterations of wireless systems, “5G” is arguably the fifth generation of mobile networks and is the “the next major phase of mobile telecommunications standards beyond the current 4G/IMT-Advanced standards”.The ...

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