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Boost Mobile Users Face Service Loss Unless They Upgrade Phones
- Dish, T-Mobile network sharing shows first signs of trouble
- Dish is notified that old 3G nework will shut down in January
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Boost Mobile wireless customers, many of them low income, will have to upgrade their phones or lose service in January, according to parent Dish Network Corp., which took over the service just a few months ago.
T-Mobile US Inc., which operates the 3G network used by Boost customers, plans to decommission that technology on Jan. 1, 2022, according to a regulatory filing Monday by Dish. The wireless network serves “a majority” of the 9 million Boost Mobile customers, according to Dish, which is developing an advanced 5G network of its own and also offers satellite-TV service.