Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Latin America, slowly switching 2G and 3G networks off

Last February, Claro was shutting down its 2G network in Colombia, following in Tigo's footsteps. In Chile, Movistar plans to do the same in the second half of this year, while Telecom will shut down 3G in Argentina. The massification of 4G and the entry of 5G are beginning to influence these decisions.

The massification of 4G and the deployment of 5G have accelerated the refarming of spectrum assigned to 2G and 3G and the shutdown of these services in Latin America. In February 2023, Claro was completing the shutdown of its 2G network in Colombia, following in the footsteps of Tigo, which did so last November. These are the latest cases of a process that had few precedents in the region but that has announcements of continuity this year.

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