2G
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Deutsche Telekom will officially shut down its 2G network on June 30, 2028, as it says goodbye to the now outdated technology.
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Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has announced that it will start to switch off 3G services in 2025 as part of its ongoing network transformation.
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With US operator AT&T shutting off its 3G networks earlier in the year, the process of 2G / 3G sunset has officially started. We are seeing many operators and governments determining that it is time to migrate away from older 2G and 3G networks, with the spectrum re-allocated for the faster and more efficient 4G and 5G technologies.
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The UK government has revealed that it has committed £250m of investment to support and accelerate OpenRAN architecture.
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As 2G and 3G networks are turned off, carriers need to help subscribers upgrade to more expensive devices, but with handset theft still a growing global issue the exercise can easily become costly. Melanie Mingas talks to Dion Price, CEO Trustonic, to find out how 5G is intensifying the problem
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Swisscom has switched off its 2G mobile services after 28 years — but Greece’s Cosmote has gone one better and said it will switch off 3G by the end of 2021.
Forthcoming events
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South Africa’s MTN is deploying Parallel Wireless OpenRAN tech at more than 5,000 sites, bringing 2G, 3G and 4G connectivity into areas that were previously under connected.
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Telefónica has selected Comtech Telecommunications’ heights networking platform to upgrade its Vivo Brazil and Telefónica Argentina mobile infrastructure networks in support of 2G, 3G and LTE backhaul.