Report: Verizon is getting ready to cut back 3G in favor of 4G LTE

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For phone users that rely on Verizon's 3G network, this might not be great news.

The wireless carrier apparently has plans to cut the amount of spectrum dedicated to 3G connectivity to make room for more high-speed 4G LTE. This could mark the beginning of a gradual phasing out of 3G services. The name "3G" loosely refers to the third generation of mobile data standards, Verizon's being the more specific EV-DO (a tech also used by Sprint in the U.S.)4G LTE is its latest successor.

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The "refarming" of spectrum hasn't been officially announced, but wireless tracker Milan Milanovic used a spectrum analyzer and saw that 4G tests were going on in Cleveland and Manhattan in bandwidth spots normally reserved for 3G. Read more...

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