4G Archives - InnovationAus.com https://www.innovationaus.com/tag/4g/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 09:54:08 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://www.innovationaus.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/favicon-new.png 4G Archives - InnovationAus.com https://www.innovationaus.com/tag/4g/ 32 32 ‘Premature’ 3G shutdown risks public safety, inquiry warns https://www.innovationaus.com/premature-3g-shutdown-risks-public-safety-inquiry-warns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=premature-3g-shutdown-risks-public-safety-inquiry-warns https://www.innovationaus.com/premature-3g-shutdown-risks-public-safety-inquiry-warns/#respond Thu, 01 Aug 2024 09:18:38 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=62357 Australia’s 3G network shutdown should not go ahead as planned later this month, with a Senate committee warning the dangers it poses to public safety are “too great to ignore”. The committee has called on Communications minister Michelle Rowland to “urgently” meet with Telstra and Optus to postpone the shutdown, which is slated to take...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/premature-3g-shutdown-risks-public-safety-inquiry-warns/feed/ 0 3G shutdown in spotlight after minister intervenes https://www.innovationaus.com/3g-shutdown-in-spotlight-after-minister-intervenes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3g-shutdown-in-spotlight-after-minister-intervenes https://www.innovationaus.com/3g-shutdown-in-spotlight-after-minister-intervenes/#respond Thu, 21 Mar 2024 03:53:06 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=60296 Communications minister Michelle Rowland took the unprecedented step this week of intervening in the upcoming shutdown of Telstra and Optus’ 3G networks to ensure that more is done to notify customers that they may be affected. The minister’s intervention appears to have occurred as a response to the growing concern among the community that the...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/3g-shutdown-in-spotlight-after-minister-intervenes/feed/ 0 Readying for the looming 3G network shutdown https://www.innovationaus.com/readying-for-the-looming-3g-network-shutdown/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=readying-for-the-looming-3g-network-shutdown https://www.innovationaus.com/readying-for-the-looming-3g-network-shutdown/#respond Tue, 12 Mar 2024 20:12:11 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=60145 The three mobile network operators are progressively closing their 3G networks. TPG Telecom (Vodafone) commenced a progressive 3G network closure from 15 December 2023. Telstra will follow with a gradual shutdown of its 3G network commencing 30 June 2024. Optus commences its gradual shutdown on September 2024. Devices that only support 3G should be replaced...

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