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China Mobile Hong Kong Company Limited (CMHK) has publicized its plans to phase out its 2G services by midnight on June 23, 2026. The aim behind this decision is to sharpen its focus on the development of more sophisticated network technologies. Decline in 2G…
State-owned telecom giant Viettel will spend VND300 billion (US$12.2 million) to gift 4G phones to 700,000 of its subscribers who still use 2G devices. The military-owned company announced Friday that the program, which aims to support a rapid switch to 4G…
The Ministry of Information and Communications has deferred the shutdown of 2G networks to Oct. 15, saying over three million users have yet to upgrade their devices. The shutdown had been planned for Sept. 15. The ministry pointed out that subscribers need…
SmarTone said that it would terminate its 2G services on October 14. This comes after Hong Kong’s Office of the Communications Authority announced the Communications Authority’s decision to grant prior consent to the application by SmarTone to discontinue its…
The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) has released the findings of its new report ”2G-3G Switch-off July-2022”. Drawing on information collected by the GSA about the switch-off of 2G and 3G around the world, this report noted that 135 operators have…
Vietnam plans to bring the number of 2G subscribers to under 5 percent by 2022 so that it can stop this service and push the development of higher-technology cellular networks. There are 24 million 2G subscribers in the country or 18.5 percent of the total,…
Taiwan’s mobile operators have completed the switch-off of their respective 2G networks. The switch-off on Saturday has left the nation’s remaining 2G holdouts unable to place any calls except for emergency calls, or send or receive text messages or use data…
Singapore’s mobile operators will commence the process of switching off their 2G networks on Sunday as part of a scheduled sunsetting of the aging networking technology. Operators M1, Singtel and StarHub plan to conduct the switch-off in stages, and complete…
Singapore’s Infocomm and Media development Authority (IMDA) has announced it will ban the sale of 2G-only mobile devices from January 1. After this time, retailers and equipment suppliers will not be allowed to sell 2G handsets for use in Singapore, the…
A customer of Australia’s Telstra was given the honor of switching off Telstra’s 2G GSM network last week. The customer, Oly Gordon, became a viral sensation after posting to Telstra’s Facebook page that he was still operating a Nokia 3315 2G phone after 13…
Vodafone Australia has revealed plans to switch off its 2G network in just under a year to free up spectrum for 4G. The operator will decommission its legacy 2G GSM network on September 30 2017, following a 12-month campaign to move its remaining 2G users off…
Thailand’s AIS and TrueMove have abandoned plans to enter a mobile network rental agreement after being unable to accept mutually agreed upon terms. AIS no longer intends to rent TrueMove’s 900-MHz network to allow it to continue serving its 900-MHz 2G…
Subscribers to Thai operator AIS’ 900-MHz 2G service could face having their services disconnected by midnight tonight amid an ongoing dispute over spectrum usage. AIS still has around 400,000 2G subscribers left on its 900-MHz 2G network, but spectrum AIS…
All 2G voice and messaging services will end in Singapore as the airwave-starved island moves to reuse existing 2G airwaves to boost the capacity and speeds of newer 4G services. The three local telcos Singtel, StarHub and M1 said in a statement on Monday…
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