AT&T has announced yesterday that it is ready to move forward with 2017 and has shut down its legacy 2G network, effective January 1. The US carrier mentions that the shutdown of the old 2G technology frees up spectrum so that it may be repurposed for other wireless technologies like 5G or just plain-old LTE. AT&T first announced that it was shutting down its 2G network about four years ago, and has kept in constant contact with partners and customers who were still relying on 2G radios for the minimal exchange of information for business infrastructure, recreational, IoT or M2M...
Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/at_t_has_officially_shut_down_its_2g_network-news-22811.php
