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Mobile operator Vodafone<\/a> has this morning echoed EE<\/a>’s recent announcement (here<\/a>) by confirming that they’ve successfully switched-off their 3G<\/a> mobile (mobile broadband) network across the UK. The related radio frequencies will now be repurposed to strengthen faster 4G<\/a> and 5G<\/a> services, but there’s a small catch.<\/p>\n

The activity, which is said to have “finished this week<\/em>“, actually happened slightly later than their previous target of completing the 3G<\/a> switch-off by the end of January 2024. One additional catch here is that a “small number of locations<\/em>” (they don’t say precisely how many) with UK security significance, as well as a handful of remote rural areas, will remain switched-on for a short period of time (they don’t say how short) after the main national switch off. So it’s not completely.. off, yet.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> Vodafone<\/a>\u2019s 3G<\/a> had been live for 18 years, but back in January 2022 it accounted for just 4% of the data used on their network (down from over 30% in 2016).<\/div>\n

The change will naturally free up 3G’s radio spectrum frequencies (i.e. 10MHz of spectrum in their 900MHz<\/strong> band) so that it can be re-farmed to further improve the network coverage and mobile broadband speeds of more modern 4G<\/a> and 5G<\/a> based networks. The switch-off will also reduce the operators\u2019 costs and significantly cut power consumption on their network.<\/p>\n

However, Vodafone<\/a>’s announcement (credits to Nick for spotting) doesn’t provide an update on how many complaints they’ve received about the switch-off, which is much the same as EE<\/a>’s update from yesterday.<\/p>\n

Vodafone\u2019s UK Network Director, Andrea Dona, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe 3G legacy switch off has been a massive programme and I\u2019d like to thank my team for their hard work to make this a success. With switch off complete, we can start to redeploy the remaining spectrum which will ultimately lead to stronger and faster 4G<\/a> and 5G<\/a> across the UK. All on top of our existing 4G and 5G network improvement programmes. Good news for our customers, businesses and the wider UK economy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The progress leaves only two UK operators left to complete the 3G switch-off, even though, strictly speaking, Vodafone haven’t fully completed their own programme yet. Three UK<\/a> aim to switch off the service by the end of 2024, while O2<\/a> (VMO2) will begin the switch-off process in 2025 and complete it by that same year, mainly due to having a larger legacy of 3G devices in their network (e.g. Smart Meters).<\/p>\n

The government and all major mobile operators previously agreed to phase-out existing 2G and 3G signals by 2033 (here<\/a>), although 2G will be sticking around for a few years longer than 3G because such signals remain useful as a low-power fallback, particularly for some rural areas, as well as for particular applications (e.g. many Smart Meters and other Internet of Things (IoT) \/ M2M services are dependent upon 2G).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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