Last January, Verizon spokesman Kevin King said the company apparently had no strong plans to shut down its 3G network. However, it has changed quickly. Verizon's 3G network will be shut down on December 31 next year. News Engadget.
Mike Heiberman, vice president of network engineering at Verizon, announced the closure of the 3G network on Wednesday. Currently, less than one percent of Verizon's total subscribers use 3G networks. The remaining 99 percent use 4G LTE or 5G, he said.
Verizon currently has about 9 million subscribers. As such, only nine lakh 40 thousand people are using 3G network.
For almost a year, Verizon has been campaigning to shut down their 3G CDMA services. In 2012, the company launched 4G LTE service. The company has been thinking of shutting down 3G services since 2014.
In 2016, plans were finally announced to shut down the 3G network within the next three years. It was later extended to 2020. Eventually it was extended to 2022. However, it has been informed that there is no plan to extend the term this time.
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