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Mobile operator Three UK<\/a> has today become the latest provider – after Vodafone<\/a> and EE<\/a> – to announce that it aims to completely switch off their legacy 3G<\/a> (mobile broadband) network by the end of 2024. The move will free up resources to allow Three to focus on improving the 4G<\/a> experience and rolling out 5G<\/a> to more parts of the UK.<\/p>\n

The expected move is particularly poignant for Three UK<\/a>, which is a network that launched in 2003 by positioning itself as the UK’s first 3G<\/a>-only operator. But today 3G<\/a> has long since been superseded by vastly superior 4G<\/a> services and not to mention the latest generation of gigabit-capable 5G<\/a> infrastructure, which is making rapid progress as it continues to roll out.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> Three, which claims to carry 28% of UK mobile data traffic – the average data usage per customer per month on their network is now 19GB (up 20% YoY) – predicts that 5G<\/a> will account for 35% of data usage by the end of 2022.<\/div>\n

The announcement follows last year’s agreement between the government and mobile operators (here<\/a>), which saw Vodafone<\/a>, EE<\/a> (BT<\/a>), O2<\/a> (VMO2) and Three UK<\/a> agree a national plan to phase out all existing 2G and 3G services by 2033. The associated spectrum will be repurposed back for use to enhance modern 4G<\/a> and 5G services.<\/p>\n

However, mobile operators have long expected to retire 3G before 2G, which is largely because 2G is still quite widely used (e.g. Smart Meters and other low powered IoT devices) and remains a useful fallback for predominantly voice-only style communications in some challenging (e.g. rural) areas.<\/p>\n

In keeping with that, rival operator EE<\/a> already plans to retire 3G – representing just 2% of their data traffic – by phasing it off their network in time for the end of 2023; it’ll then be fully shut down in 2024 (here<\/a>), while Vodafone<\/a> appears to be following a similar path (here<\/a>). Both also expect to close 2G services in 2025. Only O2<\/a> (VMO2) has yet to announce their plan, but we’d expect their retirement of 2G to take longer as they’re used by a lot of Smart Meters.<\/p>\n

David Hennessy, Chief Technology Officer at Three UK, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“3G kick-started the mobile revolution \u2013 and launched Three into the UK 20 years ago – but the future is undoubtedly 5G. As we continue to roll out our ultrafast connectivity, by not only upgrading our existing 4G sites but building new 5G sites, we\u2019ll be in a position to switch off our use of 3G across our network by the end of 2024.<\/p>\n

As the leader in 5G deployment and the fastest network as rated by Ookla\u00ae, we are focused on delivering our goal of providing better connectivity, every day, for every customer.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Naturally, switching off 3G will cause data connectivity problems for the minority of customers who still rely on a 3G-only device. On this point, Three UK notes that all 4G voice calling devices provided by Three since mid-2018 are Voice-over-LTE<\/strong> (VoLTE \/ 4G) capable.<\/p>\n

As the date 3G will be switched off approaches, if a customer has an older 3G-only device or non-VoLTE voice device, Three says they “will work with its customers to ensure they stay connected,<\/em>” but they didn’t elaborate on that. Nevertheless, every technology has its day and the time for 3G to depart has come.<\/p>\n

As above, the major benefit from this will be that any 3G friendly spectrum can then be allocated to 4G and 5G services, which tends to improve data speeds and boost coverage. Every cloud..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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