📱 Today Japan's 3G dies — and the iconic garakei flip phone with it

The country that invented emoji, camera phones & mobile internet years before iPhone watches its most iconic device go silent

500K users, mostly elderly, lose their lifeline

#Garakei #3GShutdown #iMode

#2gshutdown #3gshutdown #volte #mobile #emergencycalls | Rudolf van der Berg The 2G/3G shutdowns in the USA, Australia and Sweden haven't been a smashing success. There was (the threat of) regulatory interventions in all 3 countries, roaming and wholesale partners caught unawa...

Emergency calls to 112, 911 or #triplezero are facing issues in countries that have done a #2Gshutdown or #3Gshutdown. The USA, Australia and Sweden all have experienced issues, regulatory intervention handset bans and other problems. I'm intending to do a write-up www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Tech Takedown 🧠 Old Androids: A Silent Death Risk?

Your old phone has full bars - but can't call 911. 🚨 The #3GShutdown has turned millions of legacy devices into silent killers due to a #VoLTE failure. We expose the #AndroidFail that could cost a life. #TechTakedown.

🎧 LISTEN NOW 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/5EcU...

Ensuring continuity of access to emergency services in the transition to IMS/VoLTE services – EENA

And you might recognise this stuff related to the #3GShutdown eena.org/blog/webinar...

Telstra and Optus are inconsistently blocking phones. The regulator doesn't know how many The communications regulator has not collected basic data on how telcos have implemented a new phone-blocking rule following the 3G network shutdown, despite flagging a potential "conflict of interest...

The Australian experience is also fascinating. Not all phones work on all networks after the #3Gshutdown #2Gshutdown www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

Telstra and Optus are inconsistently blocking phones. The regulator doesn't know how many The communications regulator has not collected basic data on how telcos have implemented a new phone-blocking rule following the 3G network shutdown, despite flagging a potential "conflict of interest...

Australia messed #3Gshutdown up so badly, it turned a technical question into an #antitrust, #rural and #consumerrights issue. Only 4G phones that support Australian emergency calls are allowed, but requirements are unknown and telcos block even compliant #5G phones.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

Original post on aus.social

Well.... that's an understatement. I've rarely seen a bigger, more complete, continent spanning utterly failure of planning and basic competency than #Telstra and the #3Gshutdown. It's been a complete and total omnifailure on every conceivable level.... technical, ethical, managerial, the list […]

The Global Shift from 2G and 3G to VoLTE – Ensuring a Smooth Network Transition As mobile operators worldwide phase out legacy 2G and 3G networks, VoLTE (Voice over LTE) is emerging as the new standard for voice communic

📶 The Global Shift from 2G and 3G to VoLTE and VoNR – Are You Ready?

👉 Read the full article here: www.smartviser.com/post/the-glo...

#VoLTE #NetworkTransition #Telecom #2GSunset #3GShutdown #5G #VoNR #SmartViser #NetworkTesting #MobileOperators #Telecommunications

Thanks to the #3gShutdown , I'm currently using a Nokia 2660 Flip so I can still get calls, and have a prepaid sim in my smartphone so it can have a little mobile data, as a treat (but it can't do calls any more)

O2 Begins 3G Network Shutdown in Durham, UK; Older Devices to Lose Data Services in April | AI News Brew <p>O2, one of the UK's major mobile networks, will begin phasing out its 3G services starting with Durham in April 2025, marking the beginning of a nationwide shutdown planned throughout the year [1][...

O2 Begins 3G Network Shutdown in Durham, UK; Older Devices to Lose Data Services in April haiku.ainewsbrew.com/article/3647

#3GShutdown #O2Network #DigitalInfrastructure #UKTech #MobileNetworks #TechTransition #DigitalDivide #NetworkUpgrade #TelecomNews #ConsumerTech

The #3gShutdown has affected a lot of people.

Yeah! Add to that, having to pay for a new phone because botched legislation meant Optus blocked my 4G phone from the network outright for the #3GShutdown .

Maybe I shouldn't bother with a new phone at all though, if I'm going to have to prove my age to use the internet?

youtube.com/watch?v=zIJavqEzEIw Hugh Jeffreys' latest video on the #3Gshutdown

The rest of the world thanks Australia. It ignored the warnings and now serves as a warning for other countries on how not to do a #3gshutdown.

Original post on mastodon.social

It really is a shit show, so many phones that work perfectly fine being blocked because they weren't brought from a Telco.
https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/s/zbai96hqH3
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-03/brand-ne...
#3gshutdown #australia […]

It really is a shit show, so many phones that work perfectly fine being blocked because they weren't brought from a Telco.
www.reddit.com/r/aus...
www.abc.net.au/news/...
#3gshutdown #australia #volte #auspol

Sign the Petition Stop Telco 4G/5G Device Blocking & VoLTE Restrictions - Australia's 3G Shutdown

please sign if you’ve been affected by this monumental collusion & mismanagement by telcos and the #ACMA

#ACCC #telstrFAIL #3Gshutdown

www.change.org/p/stop-telco...

Rudolf van der Berg on LinkedIn: James Parker – Medium Australia shuts down 3G and blocks &#39;foreign&#39; 4G phones. On Reddit, Whirlpool and the Australian Parliament commentators claim it is not a big deal, everyone is…

How Australia could have handled the #3GShutdown differently, why roaming stopped for some foreigners in Oz, debunking telstra and optus, why Australian #volte isn't special and some references to other sources and countries www.linkedin.com/posts/rudolf...

3G network for Telstra and Optus will be shutdown in less than 4 hours. #3GShutdown

2/
Surely it's MY CHOICE whether I persist with my phone & a possible limited service?
no one's yet been able to confirm if/why my mobile is affected
the #ACMA are requiring blocking 'just in case' I can't make emergency calls...
if I didn’t have any phone I would be in same boat, yes?

#3Gshutdown

Roaming To Australia Post 3G Shutdowns | NZ Telecommunications Forum The New Zealand Telecommunications Forum is warning customers travelling to Australia that 3G reliant devices will no longer work after the Australian mobile

www.tcf.org.nz/news/roaming...

If you're travelling to Australia and have an older phone you should know Aussie networks are switching off 3G and your mobile may not connect when you land. Check with your provider before roaming.

#3gshutdown
#OMGWTFBBQ

Full details on my Mastodon post, but just discovered that the #3Gshutdown in Australia is actually going to affect a lot of 4G and 5G phones' ability to, you know, MAKE AND RECEIVE CALLS and it's fucked.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPlT...