The end of 3G begins as Vodafone Netherlands shuts down its 3G network

mood · Feb 4, 2020

The end of 3G begins as Vodafone Netherlands shuts down its 3G network
3G networks are being shut down globally
February 4, 2020
https://www.androidcentral.com/end-3g-begins-vodafone-netherlands-shuts-down-its-networks

Chances are if you've got a modern smartphone purchased around 2017 onwards, you're using 4G.
Sometimes, you fall back to 3G, but that's getting rarer than ever. Soon, depending on your network, you won't even have 3G to fall back on.

Vodafone Netherlands is kicking off the death of 3G in Europe by being one of the first carriers to kill off its 3G network entirely. The firm made this announcement back in December 2019.
Why is Vodafone shutting down 3G?

"When 3G is gone, [customers] will have more and improved coverage through 4G. In remote areas, you sometimes only have a 3G signal at present. In the new year, in many of such places mobile internet will become a fraction better. [...]"
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Vodafone Netherlands may be the first to officially dump 3G, but it's certainly not the last.
Over in the US, Verizon Wireless is killing off its 3G CDMA networks sometime in the near future (a 2019 shutdown date was pushed back). AT&T and T-Mobile are doing so as well in the early 20s.
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Vodafone: End of the 3G era

Freeing up frequencies for new power
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