Since the very early 1990s, we have become used to ubiquitous digital mobile phone coverage for both voice and data. Such has been their success that they have for many users entirely supplanted the ...

Closing down 2G fits with the regulator's remit of making the best use of available spectrum. Typical phone replacement rates are something like every twenty months, so killing off something which saw ...

Haroun joined Android Police in 2021, reporting on the latest stories in the tech world. Since then, he’s gleefully covered everything from the most mundane Google Docs features to more mainstream ...

While 4G and 5G technologies continue to grow and dominate the landscape, 2G networks are making headlines once again—not for their benefits, but for their significant security risks. Though 2G has ...

It’s the end of an era: On January 1, AT&T finally, officially shut down its 2G network. “To help support the massive growth of mobile internet usage and free up spectrum for newer technologies, we ...

Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has officially revealed plans to fully switch off 2G services in the country by September 2026. The MIC outlined its roadmap, which includes ...

Vodafone is retiring its 2G network and has finalized its plans to shut down the nearly 40-year-old mobile technology. The company will deactivate 2G services for residential and business customers in ...

T-Mobile is the last of the US Big Three to still have its 2G networks up, but not for long. Image: Peter Holden/TalkAndroid Editorial Note: Talk Android may contain affiliate links on some articles.

Google recently added an option to switch off insecure 2G connectivity in Android smartphone modems, a move that has been welcomed by digital civil liberties group the Electronic Frontier Foundation ...

France's Elevator Federation (Fédération des Ascenseurs) has asked for the shutdown of the country's 2G and 3G networks to be delayed. The networks, which are planned to be phased out by 2029, are ...

The biggest cellular networks used for remote machine-monitoring telematics systems are shutting down archaic, inexpensive 2G towers by 2017 Major telecommunication providers AT&T and Verizon are ...

The telecom regulator is set to shut down the existing 2G network by October 2019 to give mobile operators more efficient network capacity and pave the way to 5G wireless broadband service by 2020.