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Singaporean telecommunications company Singtel claimed it has achieved full 5G coverage throughout Singapore’s mass rapid transit (MRT) network.

Telecommunication companies Telstra and Optus announced they will delay the closure of their 3G networks by 28 October 2024.

The number of 4G handsets still in circulation that could lose access to Triple Zero when 3G networks have shut down has dwindled to 102,000, the government estimates.

The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) warned all Australians to act now and upgrade their 3G mobile device as major telcos Telstra and Optus will begin to turn off their national 3G networks six weeks from now.

The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) launched a new web-based tool to help Australians determine if their mobile device will be fully supported on Australian mobile networks after 3G networks close, including the ability to make emergency calls to Triple Zero.

GUEST OPINION: On 30 June, around 70 days away, Telstra will switch off its 3G network. Optus has also announced it will follow suit in September. Time has shown that technology has moved beyond 3G capabilities, so now the question is whether we’ve all kept up.

Telecommunications company Telstra developed an SMS tool to let users check if their phone needs an upgrade as the telco's 3G network is scheduled to close on 30 June 2024.

The 3G shutdown of Telstra and Optus could be delayed as the government noted that customers still using 3G services may be unable to access Triple Zero services.

Vodafone Australia, one of the country's biggest telco operators, has switched off its 3G network last Friday, 15 December.

Major telco providers are planning to shut down 3G later this year and in the second half of 2024, according to competition watchdog ACCC.

Internet users have doubled in the past eight years with an estimated 67% of the world population using broadband services in 2022, according to space and satellite market consultancy Euroconsult. However, 2.6 billion people remain unconnected, representing an untapped opportunity worth US$74 billion.

Telecommunications provider Spark will close its 3G network towards the end of 2025 to give way for its 5G rollout in rural Aotearoa.

New Zealand mobile operator 2degrees has replaced its Huawei for 3G Core network routing by going live with BroadForward Signaling Transfer Point (STP).

Some Toyota Lexus models manufactured between 2010 and 2018 and sold in the US will lose all Lexus Enform features and services after shutdown of 3G networks, a report says.

Australian telecommunications provider TPG Telecom will switch off its 3G network on 15 December 2023.

Founded by Peter Adderton, Boost is the best pre-paid provider on the full Telstra network, and thus arguably the best pre-paid provider in Australia, with over 700,000 customers, new awards for customer satisfaction, network reliability and being most recommended, in what is a great boost for Boost Mobile.

Three UK published Mobile Britain 2022 – a new report showing how Brits have been swiping, sharing and connecting.

Ericsson, in partnership with Telstra, announced the first successful deployment of Radio 4480 with 5 radio access technologies at Ballarat, Victoria.

Network software provider Mavenir announces its cloud-native, modular, and micro-services-based Converged Charging Solution (CCS), which it says enables Communications Service Providers (CSPs) to creatively monetise Network-as-a-Service from 3G, 4G, and 5G networks.

GUEST OPINION by Chris Wright Red Hat senior VP and chief technology officer: Edge computing is giving life to transformative use cases that businesses are dreaming up today and bringing real-time decision making to last-mile locales.