2G network will be ‘wiped out’ by South Korea

After 25 years of operation, the 2G mobile network will officially be stopped by Korea at the end of June 2021.
On May 29, information released by the Korean Ministry of Information Technology said that LG Uplus – the last telecommunications company in the country still using 2G networks will proceed to disconnect 2G network services on May 29. At the end of June this year, this will mark the end of the 2G network in the country.

2G network will be “wiped out” by Korea Previously, in July last year, SK Telecom officially stopped providing 2G network service, while another Korean mobile operator, KT Telecom, stopped providing 2G network service since 2012. due to the rapid development of advanced mobile network generations and the significant decrease in the number of 2G network users. 2G mobile service started operating in Korea in 1996 based on the world’s first commercial code-shared multiple access network built by SK Telecom. The number of 2G subscribers nationwide surpassed 20 million in 2006 but began to decline after the country commercialized 3G and 4G networks in 2003 and 2011, respectively. It is known that by the end of March 2021, the number of 5G mobile network subscribers in Korea has reached 14.48 million, accounting for 20% of the total 71.1 million mobile subscribers, according to data from the Ministry of Information Technology. trust this country.