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T-Mobile to Shutter MetroPCS Network in Select Cities July 1

Apr 25, 2014, 1:10 PM by Eric M. Zeman

MetroPCS, which is owned and operated by T-Mobile, has begun notifying customers in Las Vegas and New England that it will turn off MetroPCS's legacy CDMA network on July 1. A landing page on the company's web site recommends that MetroPCS customers in Las Vegas and New England go to a MetroPCS store to exchange their current handset for one that will work on T-Mobile's HSPA+/LTE networks instead. Metro warns that customers will need to make the exchange by June 30, as their existing hardware won't work beginning the first of July. T-Mobile is offering Metro customers discounts on its handsets, some of which are free. T-Mobile said earlier this year that it would switch off Metro's network in these markets by the end of the year, but hadn't provided a firm date. T-Mobile plans to refarm the Metro spectrum for its 4G services.

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WhySoBluePandaBear

Apr 28, 2014, 4:35 PM

i'm making a special trip to their busiest store just to watch the chaos

Chair. Popcorn. Shades. Vodka. Yup. Post up and watch all the crazies line up and start freaking. Haha.

Charles Bigelow

Apr 28, 2014, 7:50 AM

Just watch..........

I see many many people unaware that they will have to trade their old Metro phones. I can just imagine on July 1st all of them shocked, moaning and whining when their phones dont work. The stores are going to be packed!!! 😲

Zpike

Apr 26, 2014, 1:04 AM

interesting move

I would think Sprint would be interested in their CDMA network as a part of their play to purchase T-mobile. You would think T-mobile would leave all that technology in place until things with Sprint played out.

Globhead

It's still not impossible, but last I heard it was not looking like a very sure thing because the FTC and/or FCC expressed unhappiness in some way. T-Mobile should probably continue life as normal, rather than pause everything for an indefinite time a...
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