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T-Mobile will shut down its 2G GSM network on April 2, 2024

Shulou Source: shulou.com Published: 2023-11-24 14:41:55 10月01日 Update

CTOnews.com reported on February 18 that although T-Mobile had previously revealed that it would shut down its 2G network, it did not really provide a timetable.

Now, T-Mobile has announced that it will phase out its 2G network on April 2, 2024. T-Mobile claims that it has started sending notifications to customers who have been using 2G networks since 2021.

In other words, if there is a user who uses the T-Mobile carrier model iPhone, he will no longer be able to use the GSM network from April 2 next year. Of course, there is still more than a year to go before the 2G network is completely shut down, and it is believed that most users will be able to change their phones.

Tuyuan Pixabay actually eliminated the older 3G UMTS network as early as July 1, 2022, while Sprint's LTE network was shut down on June 30, 2022. Similarly, Sprint's older 3G (CDMA) network was decommissioned on March 31, 2022; even AT&T shut down its 2G network six years ago and 3G network a year ago.

According to CTOnews.com query, the main technical specifications of the second generation mobile communication technology (2G) are as follows:

GSM: developed on the basis of TDMA, originated in Europe, and is now globalized.

IDEN: a system developed based on TDMA and unique to the United States. It is used by Nextell, an American telecom system provider.

IS-136 (also known as D-AMPS): based on TDMA, it is the simplest TDMA system in the United States and is used in the Americas.

IS-95 (also known as cdmaOne): based on CDMA, it is the simplest CDMA system in the United States and is used in some countries in the Americas and Asia.

PDC (Personal Digital Cellular): based on TDMA, it is only popular in Japan.

It is reported that the 2G GSM system used in the United States is commonly known as PCS (Personal Communications Service), that is, GSM1900 using the 1900MHz band, which is different from the GSM900 (original GSM band) and GSM1800 (formerly known as PCN) used in Europe.

Compared with the previous generation to transmit voice directly in the way of analog signal, 2G mobile communication system transmits voice system digitally. In addition to calling function, some systems also introduce short message function. Data transmission and fax are also supported in some 2G systems, but because of the slow speed, it is only suitable for transmitting low volume e-mail, software and other information.