The 2G Sunset and What it Means for IoT
AT&T officially discontinued its service on 2G wireless networks in 2017. As the 2G sunset continues this’ll have implications for cellular IoT.
AT&T officially discontinued its service on 2G wireless networks in 2017. For the 99% of Americans on 3G and 4G LTE networks, this 2G sunset probably flew under the radar. In the age of Instagram and Snapchat, most of us assumed that 2G was already repurposed to meet our data usage needs.
For the past four years, AT&T — along with Verizon and T-Mobile — have made public their intent to shut down the 2G networks. On the consumer side of things, this plan makes sense as we inch closer to 5G networks that could boast speeds 40 times faster than 4G LTE. But what does this mean for IoT customers who use 2G to send small data packets for cheap? Read more…