Freedom Mobile has set November 3, 2026, as the date it will shut down its 3G network across Quebec and the Ottawa-Gatineau region.
Freedom Mobile has set November 3, 2026, as the date it will shut down its 3G network across Quebec and the Ottawa-Gatineau region.
This has been planned across all networks for years.
Before I retired from the industry, everyone had started reducing 3G capacity (to free up spectrum for LTE and 5G) at least 5 years ago.
The newer technologies allow more user bandwidth in the same amount of RF spectrum.