Opinion: 3G is shutting down — don’t get caught out
09 June 2025
As network providers around the world shut down 3G, older construction machines which rely on the mobile network which dates back to the early days of the iPhone will lose connectivity. Mathias Frost Bilgram, chief customer officer at Trackunit, urges businesses to upgrade before it’s too late.
Mobile phone mast at sunset. Photo: Adobe Stock
The sun-setting of 3G phone networks is not a future event, it’s already happening. One by one, operators are switching off the older networks that once powered everything from basic mobile calls to the early days of machine connectivity.
And while for most consumers the shift to 4G and 5G…
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