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SmarTone is the next HK cellco to shut down 2G

August 16, 2022 Staff Writer 0

SmarTone has announced that it will close its 2G GSM network on 14 October 2022 as demand decreases – the spectrum will be refarmed for 4G and 5G. Read more…

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Thailand’s NBTC shelves the planned 2G networks shutdown

November 18, 2019 News Centre 0

Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has shelved plans to decommission the country’s 2G networks Read more…

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Huawei’s CloudAIR helps Airtel stuff 2G/3G/4G into 900 band

January 12, 2018 News Centre 0

Bharti Airtel has deployed three radio technologies – 2G GSM, 3G UMTS and 4G LTE – on the 900-MHz band within an 8.8-MHz slice of bandwidth using Huawei’s CloudAIR solution. According to Huawei, CloudAIR offers Read more…

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RCom is quitting the mobile biz! Or at least the 2G part!

October 26, 2017 John C. Tanner 0

ITEM: A news report claims Reliance Communications (RCom) is reportedly planning to scrap the majority of its wireless business by the end of next month. In this case, the “majority” appears to mean mainly its 2G Read more…

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Optus issues final warning for 2G shutdown next week

July 26, 2017 John C. Tanner 0

Optus says it will complete its scheduled shutdown of its 2G network across Australia next week on August 1, with 2G services across QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, SA and TAS to be turned off. This Read more…

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2G, 3G, then 4G – but 5G is more than “just another G”

June 7, 2017 Tony Poulos 0

It’s almost a cliché to look at the hype around 5G these days and think, “not another G!” But look closely and you’ll see that 5G is more than “just another G” – it’s an Read more…

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HK cellcos disagree on 900/1800 but agree govt spectrum policy stinks

May 29, 2017 John C. Tanner 0

Last week Hong Kong’s major cellcos officially submitted their comments to the independent regulator CA on how it should go about reassigning 900/1800 spectrum once those licenses expire. The submissions from HKT, SmarTone and 3 Read more…

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Optus gets ready for its own 2G network shutdown next week

March 29, 2017 John C. Tanner 0

Singapore won’t be the only market seeing 2G service come to an end next week – Australia’s Optus announced Tuesday it will commence with its 2G network shutdown on April 3. Optus said  that closure of Read more…

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Singapore set to kick off 2G network shutdown on April 1

March 28, 2017 John C. Tanner 0

Singapore will officially be a 2G-free zone as of the end of this week when M1, Singtel and StarHub start shutting down their 2G networks. A joint statement issued by all three cellcos and the Read more…

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Asia’s cellcos need to ditch 2G sooner rather than later

January 13, 2017 Guest Writer 0

Mobile broadband has passed the halfway mark in Asia to become the dominant mobile technology in 2016. Ovum’s latest World Cellular Information Service subscription forecasts for Asia highlights a significant shift in 2016 to mobile Read more…

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