Major mobile network provider O2 has revealed it will be joining other major networks in closing down its 3G service, which ...

Although wireless standards like 3G ... phone and the intermediate network providers must all support the protocol. Even some newer phones like the Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) do not support this.

"All those old good working phones being thrown away because ... lives in more rural areas of the US… So while their 'not so fancy' 3G phone was a life line in case of car trouble or getting ...