MyBroadband asked South Africa’s mobile operators how their plans to shut down legacy mobile networks were progressing.
South Africa’s mobile network operators are hoping to shut down their 2G and 3G networks to keep up with the demand for data.With the United States’ major 3G networks all scheduled to be offline by the end of 2022, MyBroadband asked South African operators about their plans regarding legacy networks.“MTN SA plans to shut down its 3G in the medium term, followed by 2G,” the operator said.
“A key consideration in moving from older technologies like 2G and 3G to newer, more efficient technologies like 4G and 5G is the availability of affordable consumer devices,” he said “The benefits of switching off 3G include the option to re-farm the spectrum to more spectrally efficient technologies,” MTN said.
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