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By Staff Writer

Dec 8 2021 1:08PM

All four carriers agree to timetable.

Britain to phase out 2G and 3G mobile networks by 2033

Britain will phase out its 2G and 3G mobile networks by 2033 to free up radio spectrum for 5G and eventually 6G services that will power technologies such as driverless vehicles, drones and virtual reality, it said. All four of Britain's networks - EE, Vodafone, O2 and Three - had agreed to ...

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