{"id":64030,"date":"2022-02-18T12:46:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T12:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/?p=64030"},"modified":"2022-02-28T14:49:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T14:49:34","slug":"vodafone-uk-announces-3g-retirement-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/2022\/02\/18\/vodafone-uk-announces-3g-retirement-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodafone UK announces 3G retirement in 2023 <strong><\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Vodafone will begin retiring its 3G network in 2023 as part of a network modernisation programme to improve the 4G and 5G experience for all customers. The programme, which will see 3G coverage gradually phased out and replaced by strengthened 4G and 5G services, will mean customers across more parts of the UK can access more reliable connectivity through the Vodafone network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Retiring 3G \u2013 after 17 years and nearly 500 billion minutes of calls \u2013 is a key part of Vodafone\u2019s strategy to give customers the most reliable network experience. Today, less than 4% of the data used on Vodafone\u2019s network travels on 3G, in comparison to more than 30% in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vodafone will begin a campaign of communication to customers and will continue to share&nbsp;information, advice and guidance&nbsp;to customers to ensure they can stay connected during the change next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re building one of the UK\u2019s most reliable mobile networks and focusing on the technologies that best connect our customers and have the least impact on the environment,\u201d said Ahmed Essam, Vodafone\u2019s UK CEO. \u201c3G has connected so many customers over the last 17 years, but the future is 4G and 5G.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to be focused on giving customers a faster and more reliable mobile experience and minimising our impact on the environment by taking away a layer of our network that uses inefficient equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur goal is for everyone to stay connected and we\u2019ll be doing everything we can to make sure that\u2019s the case. During the campaign, we\u2019ll be asking customers not just to make sure that their phone supports 4G and 4G calling, but also to check in on friends and family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The retirement of Vodafone\u2019s 3G network is also an important part of the strategy to reach&nbsp;net zero&nbsp;by 2027, with modern 5G networks more than 10-times as energy efficient as old 3G equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure customers across the UK understand what is happening and how they can stay connected, Vodafone is initiating a year-long communications campaign to help those who may need additional support. As part of the campaign, Vodafone will encourage its more tech-savvy customers to check in on friends and family. Vodafone is also partnering with The Good Things Foundation and other third parties to ensure the campaign reaches the most vulnerable consumers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vodafone will begin retiring its 3G network in 2023 as part of a network modernisation programme to improve the 4G and 5G experience for all customers. The programme, which will see 3G coverage gradually phased out and replaced by strengthened 4G and 5G services, will mean customers across more parts of the UK can access [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":64037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,140,62,93,23,24],"tags":[16978,1885,568,130,1542,278,644],"class_list":["post-64030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","category-networking","category-regional-news-newsletter","category-top-stories","category-united-kingdom","category-used","tag-16978","tag-3g","tag-4g","tag-5g","tag-mobile","tag-network","tag-vodafone"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64030"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64621,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64030\/revisions\/64621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}