For 5G: China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom are accelerating the withdrawal of 2G/3G networks!

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Compared with China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom have a stronger demand for clearing out 2G networks. On 3G networks, the three operators all behave in the same way, accelerating the clearance.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has previously stated that the conditions for the withdrawal of 2G and 3G networks have gradually matured, and operators are encouraged to actively guide users to migrate and switch networks, and use limited frequency resources and network resources in the development of 5G and 4G mobile communication networks to reduce overall costs.

At present, China Telecom has started the withdrawal of 3G network. Starting from June 1, 2020, China Telecom will gradually shut down the 3G network in Yunnan.

At the same time, China Unicom is also advancing its 3G network withdrawal. Specifically, it is accelerating the development of VoLTE to replace 3G voice and promoting the gradual withdrawal of 3G network; finally, a minimalist target network with 4G+5G collaboration will be formed.

China Unicom is encouraging 2G users in various provinces to replace their phones, and is also working on reducing the frequency of 2G network base stations. The most important task at the moment is to get these old 2G users to upgrade their terminals as soon as possible.

In June 2020, China Mobile Group conducted a special investigation on IoT technology, business development strategies and strengthening of NB-IoT network construction. It clearly stated that NB-IoT and 4G Cat1/1bis technologies will take over 2G IoT business and decided to stop adding new 2G IoT users before 2020.