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Sep 7, 2023 · The move to switch off 3G will contribute to Virgin Media O2’s wider plans to reach net-zero by 2040. Jeanie York, Chief Technology Officer at Virgin Media O2, said: “3G was once an exciting new development for telecoms providers that brought new opportunities for customers. But as we continue to evolve our network to provide the best ...
As part of a customer enhancement programme, we’ll begin to switch off 3G services in 2025. This follows an agreement with Government and other mobile network operators in 2021, that 3G would be switched off in the UK by 2033 at the latest. It'll allow us to focus on upgrading to faster, more reliable and more energy-efficient 4G and 5G ...
Sep 8, 2023 · Published: 08 Sep 2023 16:49. Following its rival mobile operators in the UK, Virgin Media O2 has announced that, as part of its ongoing network transformation, it will start to switch off 3G ...
Sep 7, 2023 · Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has announced that it will start to switch off 3G services in 2025 as part of its ongoing network transformation. VMO2 said this will help it to further expand and upgrade its 4G and 5G connectivity, reduce energy consumption and deliver enhanced speeds and reliability for its customers. In December 2021, the UK ...
37 Comments. Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media / VMO2) has today become the final operator to reveal their plan for switching off the old 3G mobile (mobile broadband) network, which unlike their rivals is a process that won’t actually begin until 2025. The withdrawal will then occur in phases, with completion by the end of that same year.
Sep 7, 2023 · The move to switch off 3G will contribute to Virgin Media O2’s wider plans to reach net-zero by 2040." The 3G switch-off is happening for all the UK mobile networks, and we look forward to not seeing the 3G symbol on modern handsets since it usually means the 4G signal was marginal and the phone picked 3G, but data speeds are almost non-existent.
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Sep 7, 2023 · Virgin Media O2’s programme will see 3G services switched off in phases across the country, with 3G connectivity expected to be fully switched off by the end of 2025. Use of the 3G mobile network, which launched two decades ago, has fallen considerably over recent years – and carried less than 4 per cent of all data used on Virgin Media O2’s network last year.
