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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Io Dodds

3G network shutting down could disable millions of home security alarms and car safety systems

Patrick T Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Millions of burglar alarms, car safety systems, GPS trackers, medical monitors, and even prisoner ankle tags could stop working when American 3G mobile networks shut down later this year.

Internet providers such as AT&T are preparing to mothball their 3G networks, which once formed the backbone of the mobile internet, to free up those parts of the electromagnetic spectrum for faster 4G and 5G signals.

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