UK’s biggest mobile provider to shut down its 3G service completely after 20 years as it issues final warning

A POPULAR UK mobile provider has announced the imminent shut down of its 3G services this year. Customers using an older ...

'Shutdown' warning issued to anyone in UK with a really old mobile phone

Steve Athwal, CEO and Founder at The Big Phone Store, said: "When O2 turns off 3G, phones relying on it will lose mobile data ...

O2 issues urgent alert as it confirms these phones will stop working this year

This update from O2 follows similar moves by rivals EE, Three and Vodafone who have all now scrapped 3G access. Once the ...
Daily Jang

O2 to discontinue 3G network in 2026, older phones to lose mobile data

O2, one of the UK’s largest mobile networks, is set to halt its 3G network nationwide in 2026, leaving older phones unable to ...
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The 3G shutdown in NZ is starting. Here's what you need to know

The end is near for cellphones still relying on the 3G network (4 min 46 sec) Explainer - It is nearly the end of the year. Do you know where your 3G is? The 3G mobile network that once kicked off the ...
InfoWorld

TI preps for 3G phones with new EDGE products

SAN FRANCISCO – Texas Instruments (TI) will introduce a new category within its OMAP mobile phone processor family Monday that the company says will make 3G mobile phones more affordable for ...
Business Daily Africa

Users of 3G in sharp fall as more take up high-speed internet

Mobile phone users on 3G declined 26.8 percent to 5.68 million as of September 2025 compared to 7.77 million a year earlier.