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Telefonica Germany to begin large scale 3G shut-down on 01 July

Monday 7 June 2021 | 13:08 CET | News
Telefonica Germany said it will start the switch-over of its 3G networks on a large scale on 01 July. The company will use the  2,100 MHz frequencies currently used by around 16,000 3G antennas entirely for 4G in future. Telefonica will start to reallocate the first 500 3G mobile sites to 4G on 01 July, with another 1,000 mobile sites to follow two weeks later.

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Categories: Mobile & Wireless
Companies: Telefonica Germany
Countries: Germany
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