America’s T-Mobile has revealed its takeover of Sprint Mobile, and confirmed the shutdown of the Sprint LTE network
T Mobile has committed to a June 30, 20-22 shutdown date of Sprint’s LTE network.
It’s an expected move as T-Mobile continues to absorb Sprint’s network and customers into its own base.
T-Mobile says that “most” Sprint LTE and 5G devices can work with its LTE or 5G network. It adds that those devices “will continue to operate on T-Mobile’s LTE and 5G networks,” so long as those Sprint users upgrade from Sprint-issued SIM cards to ones from T-Mobile. You will also need to make sure that Voice over LTE (also known as VoLTE) is enabled for voice calls.
The carrier adds that it will be contacting those who might be impacted by the switch, stating that it already “began sending notifications late last year.”
A third of Sprint customers have already been moved onto the T-Mobile network.
