{"id":233637,"date":"2025-06-11T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.telegeography.com\/2g-and-3g-shutdowns-continue"},"modified":"2025-06-11T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T12:00:00","slug":"2g-and-3g-closing-time-for-legacy-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=233637","title":{"rendered":"2G and 3G: Closing Time for Legacy Networks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hs-featured-image-wrapper\">\n <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.telegeography.com\/2g-and-3g-shutdowns-continue\" title=\"\" class=\"hs-featured-image-link\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.telegeography.com\/hubfs\/2023\/Blog%20Assets\/AdobeStock_165779888-1.jpeg\" alt=\"19 Countries Have Dropped 2G as of June 2025\" class=\"hs-featured-image\" style=\"width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;\"> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s been a couple of years since we reviewed the state of the 2G and 3G mobile markets to see how network closures were coming along.<\/p>\n<p>There&nbsp;has been plenty of activity since then, and 2025 is shaping up to be a busy year for shutdowns.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/track.hubspot.com\/__ptq.gif?a=594292&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.telegeography.com%2F2g-and-3g-shutdowns-continue&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.telegeography.com&amp;bvt=rss\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; \"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a couple of years since we reviewed the state of the 2G and 3G mobile markets to see how network closures were coming along.<br \/>\nThere&nbsp;has been plenty of activity since then, and 2025 is shaping up to be a busy year for shutdowns. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5029,5035],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-customer","category-retail"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It\u2019s been a couple of years since we reviewed the state of the 2G and 3G mobile markets to see how network closures were coming along. 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