• A leaked internal document suggests T-Mobile will re-farm LTE spectrum bands for 5G use in the near future. • LTE service will gradually degrade, with most of it shut down by 2028 and full deactivation expected by 2035. • Starting January 2026, only 5G SA-compatible devices will be allowed for new activations without an exception.

Anyone who has been around the block a few times has likely seen what happens when a carrier rolls out a new wireless technology. At first, it coexists with older standards, but over time, those older standards are gradually shut down as their spectrum is re-farmed to keep the network evolving. We’ve already experienced major transitions with the shutdowns of both 2G and 3G. Things are a little different today, as LTE and 5G are quite distinct in theory bu

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