2G

Retail Asia17/08/2022

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 2G services. In a press release, the company said that in response to the massive growth […]

Retail Asia05/08/2022

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 either completed, are planning or are in progress with 2G and 3G technology transitions in 68 countries […]

Retail Asia02/11/2020

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, and the Ministry of Information and Communications aims to bring […]

Retail Asia05/07/2017

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 serices. At the time of the shutdown there were an estimated 60,000 2G holdouts […]

Retail Asia28/03/2017

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 the process by April 18Singapore’s mobile operators will commence the process of switching off their […]

Retail Asia12/12/2016

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 regulator said. Suppliers with a dealer’s individual license will be able to continue selling […]

Retail Asia06/12/2016

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 years. In response, Telstra last week invited him to flick the […]

Retail Asia04/10/2016

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 the network. Announcing the decision, Vodafone said its 2G […]

Retail Asia16/05/2016

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 customers in the wake of the expiration of its 900-MHz license, telecoms regulator NBTC’s […]

Retail Asia25/03/2016

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 had been using for the service has been reallocated at auction to True Move H […]

Retail Asia15/06/2015

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 afternoon that the number of customers affected are an “extremely small […]

Tag: 2G

SmarTone to Terminate 2G Services on October 14

2G and 3G Migrations Completed or in the Pipeline

Vietnam to close 2G services by 2022

Taiwan cellcos switch off 2G networks

Singapore operators to switch off 2G from Sunday

IMDA to ban 2G-only device sales from Jan 1

Telstra shuts down 2G network

Vodafone Australia to switch off 2G network in a year

AIS abandons plan to rent TrueMove’s 2G network

Thailand’s AIS facing 2G switch-off

Singapore pulls plug on 2G mobile networks, to reuse airwaves for newer 4G services