Friday, June 28, 2013

Sprint finally shutting down iDEN network Sunday to make way for LTE

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This Sunday, just after midnight, Sprint will finally pull the plug on the legacy push-to-talk iDEN network it inherited when it purchased Nextel. The move is designed to free up spectrum and cell towers for the carrier's growing LTE network. That means the last full day of iDEN service, for those still using phones running on the network, is Saturday. After that, iDEN devices won't work — even to make 911 calls.


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/29/4476406/sprint-iden-push-to-talk-network-shut-down-sunday

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