Many countries/carriers in europe have already shut down 2G, many will shut it down in 2027. A few will keep it a few years more.
My fancy new 5G smartphone doesn’t work in rural parts of the country. We are going backwards.
The whole point is to free up spectrum, how would that work if that spectrum is still in use for the American carriers in countries that shut down the service for domestic use? Why would service be maintained for such a niche usecase?
please note that the list is not fully up to date, eg. in Germany Voda and Telekom have said that they will sunset 2G in summer 2028.
