Sprint Has Been Officially Retired
So the US mobile network Sprint has officially been retired after being acquired by T-Mobile in 2020. After Sprint was acquired, it was very clear T-Mobile sought to phase out the Sprint brand. However, it has taken until two days ago (June 30th, 2022) to actually officially retire the brand, and shut down the Sprint 4G LTE network.
If you are a Sprint customer, you will have probably noticed your mobile service has been disconnected. T-Mobile has stated that they gave Sprint customers the option of a free 5G replacement device.
Anyway, there are no more Sprint services in operation after this shutdown. I do think most Sprint customers will have migrated over to T-Mobile or another mobile network by now and this won't affect that many people.
However, if you do have any thoughts on this matter or have been affected by Sprint being phased out please comment down below with your experience or contact me on Twitter and you can also email me.
The retiring of the Sprint brand is sad. The company played a pivotal role in splitting up the ATT&T monopoly. It was also an innovator in cellular and wireless communications.
The company was founded in 1899. It took on the name Sprint in 1987. So it was one of the oldest firms in the technology business.
!hivebits
Yeah it is sad to see them go away after having such a big role in the US mobile network space.