• [Switzerland/Austria] GSM/UMTS switch-off [telecom]

    From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 6 08:06:13 2022
    The Swiss provider Sunrise will switch off GSM on 3rd Jan 2023.

    3G (UMTS) is still available, but the plan is to switch it off in the
    next 4-5 years.

    Swisscom and Salt plan to switch off 3G further, they switched off 2G
    in 2021.

    Austrian Magenta Telekom will switch off UMTS on 1st Jan 2024. GSM
    will stay available.

    A1 announces to switch off 3G at the end of 2024.

    German article: https://www.golem.de/news/mobilfunkstandard-schweiz-schaltet-gsm-2023-endgueltig-ab-2208-167418.html

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