game changer EE making a major play on the 2G market

[Anonymous]

 http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/2017/09/18/73148/

looks like EE are going to smash it again with the latest tech for improving 2g!! whats everyones thoughts???

James 

[gmarkj]

good for customers who have a device that can take advantage of it!

[ewanrw]

That's not quite right...

They're reducing 2G capacity and increasing 4G capacity on their 1800MHz 2G spectrum.

Good news for 4G users tho'.

ewan

[Anonymous]

@ewanrw tehy are expanding their 2g to 4g not phasing it out,,,, thus meaning more customers can enjoy the 4g experiance 

[ewanrw]

Hey,

The headline is a play on words.

 "We’re converting 2G into 4G", so they are indeed phasing out 2G technology, as you'll need a 4G device to use it.

This is exactly the same as what they did to launch 4G in the first place, which was to refarm 2G 1800MHz into 4G 1800MHz, knock-on effect it reduced 2G capacity which as Mr Allera infers, no-one is using anyway.

This latest move is another step toward turning off 2G over the next couple of years.

Cheers

ewan

[Anonymous]

the way it reads it looks like they are just upgrading the 2g to 4g to allow those in restricted area's to benifit from 4g and have a greater user experiance!!! confusing article 

[MI5]

This is definitely the demise of 2g.
In 2 years time, I expect all 2g to be refarmed on all networks so it will no longer exist in the UK.
All those old Nokia bricks etc will finally become useless.

[ewanrw]

Agreed.

It's PR spin to prevent users with older handsets, or in 2G only areas from complaining as they're improving 4G connectivity at their expense.

Can't be many of them left as a percentage of their total customer base.

ewan

[Anonymous]

so my beloved nokia N95 8gb and my Ericsson T28s will become nothing more then a shelf filer 😞