The telco said it will reutilize the 900 MHz spectrum from the 2G network into its 4G and 5G networks. "With the 2G frequency spectrum that will be freed up, we can further improve our network," says ...

A major technological shift is on the horizon. Soon, France will officially shut down its 2G and 3G networks, marking the end ...

These are the twilight hours of 2G. The old mobile phone network, on which many of us spent our youth in the '90s texting and playing Snake, is slowly getting phased out in Australia. The country's ...

Chilean mobile operator Entel has confirmed it will begin the shutdown of its 2G network next year. The company instead plans to focus on developing its 4G and 5G networks. In a statement, Entel said ...

Some parts of the world still have ample 2G coverage; for those of in North America, 2G is long gone and 3G has either faded into dusk or beginning its sunset. The legendary [dosdude1] shows us it ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some 140,000 people still using 2G handsets would have to upgrade. According to AFP, when Singapore pulls the plug on its 2G mobile phone network this year, thousands of people could be stuck without ...

Telco giant PLDT is fighting a new scam method which uses fake cell sites and has victimized many Filipinos. However, he said ...

Facebook employees now have the option to downgrade their phones to a simulated 2G connection every Tuesday. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced team of ...