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The soon-to-be shut down 3G network has for 20 years been a critical service, especially in regional areas, but the industry wants to use the bandwidth to improve the new 4G and 5G systems.

An unidentified attacker has been confirmed as effectively bricking more than 600,000 routers from a single internet service provider through a malicious firmware update. Customers have reported ...

Most people never think about routers, network cables, frequency bands, and more as long as everything works. But wireless networks — Wi-Fi — are not flawless and few users have never had ...

The Wi-Fi Alliance has already begun certifying devices for Wi-Fi 7, and there are indeed some great Wi-Fi 7 routers already on the market. Wi-Fi 7 is expected to boost theoretical throughput to ...

Crucially, phones are not the only 3G technology that will be cut off: some EFTPOS terminals, scanners, tablets, routers, security systems, fire alarms, and farm gate sensors will no longer work ...

The first high-speed mobile network, 3G, was launched in Australia in 2003 but has been overtaken by better and faster connections. While Vodafone began shutting down its 3G network between ...

Analog cellular phones were the first generation while digital marked the second generation. 3G is loosely defined, but generally includes high data speeds, always-on data access, and greater ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Tens of thousands of older mobile phones and other devices will cease to work from Monday, when the nation’s 3G network is shuttered.

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