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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / July 2007When will Vodafone 2G close down
Per the subject. When does Vodafone plan to close down their 2G network? Thanks, Derick > Per the subject. When does Vodafone plan to close down their 2G network? There are no such plans. >> Per the subject. When does Vodafone plan to close down their 2G network? > > There are no such plans. Why would they want to shut down 2G? There are so many phones out there that will continue to be used for many years that only operate on 2G, they would be foolish to consider it any time soon.  SignatureThe views I present are that of my own and NOT of any organisation I may belong to. 73 de Simon, VK3XEM. <http://web.acma.gov.au/pls/radcom/client_search.client_lookup?pCLIENT_NO=157452> When hell freezes over. > Per the subject. When does Vodafone plan to close down their 2G network? > > Thanks, > > Derick > Per the subject. When does Vodafone plan to close down their 2G network? They don't publicly. Probably when it becomes commercially viable. ie, the cost of maintaining the legacy 2/2.5/2.75G network on top of their yet-to-be-deployed full-coverage 3G network is higher than the revenue from customers with legacy GSM-only handsets. Probably at least five years away... PD SignaturePaul Day > Flec wrote >> Per the subject. When does Vodafone plan to close down their 2G network? > They don't publicly. > Probably when it becomes commercially viable. ie, the cost > of maintaining the legacy 2/2.5/2.75G network on top of their > yet-to-be-deployed full-coverage 3G network is higher than > the revenue from customers with legacy GSM-only handsets. Doubt that will ever happen given that vodafone tends to concentrate on the dregs of the mobile market. > Probably at least five years away... Doubt it will happen any decade soon myself. 2G suits so many fine. >> Probably at least five years away... > > Doubt it will happen any decade soon myself. > > 2G suits so many fine. I'd be saying >5 years, but it could be decades. and 2G does suit MOST fine, in fact almost all > I'd be saying >5 years, but it could be decades. > > and 2G does suit MOST fine, in fact almost all Exactly, most people only ever make voice calls and maybe SMS. They have absolutely no need for 3G, as long as their phone continues to work they will be more than happy to keep it. SignatureThe views I present are that of my own and NOT of any organisation I may belong to. 73 de Simon, VK3XEM. <http://web.acma.gov.au/pls/radcom/client_search.client_lookup?pCLIENT_NO=157452> > Michael J wrote >> I'd be saying >5 years, but it could be decades. >> and 2G does suit MOST fine, in fact almost all > Exactly, most people only ever make voice calls and maybe SMS. They have absolutely no need for > 3G, as long as their phone continues to work they will be more than happy to keep it. Vodafone mostly concentrates on the dregs of the market that turns over their phones at one hell of a rate, but who do want the cheapest phone around much of the time. >>> Probably at least five years away... >> Doubt it will happen any decade soon myself. >> 2G suits so many fine. > I'd be saying >5 years, Cant see it, particularly with vodafone that concentrates on the absolute dregs of the mobile market. > but it could be decades. > and 2G does suit MOST fine, in fact almost all And specially the dregs of the market that vodafone mostly concentrates on in spades. >>>> Probably at least five years away... > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Cant see it, particularly with vodafone that concentrates > on the absolute dregs of the mobile market. I'm not saying its going to happen, but if it does, its going to be >5 years. I cant see where Voda would get the cash for it, and to make it profitable >> but it could be decades. > >> and 2G does suit MOST fine, in fact almost all > > And specially the dregs of the market that vodafone mostly concentrates on > in spades. And perversely, they concentrate on the other end (high end) too >>>>> Probably at least five years away... >> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > And perversely, they concentrate on the other end (high end) too Not really, they never have done much except try in that market. |
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