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Shutdown calendar

The 2G/3G shutdown calendar: Who's already offline, and who's next

If you run hardware that depends on 2G or 3G – SMS gateways, alarm panels, lifts, meters, POS terminals – the question that matters isn’t “when does Europe turn off 2G/3G.” It’s “when does my network in my country stop answering.” Some of that has already happened. Some of it is starting right now.

Europe's 2G and 3G shutdown calendar

Dates confirmed by operators and regulators — as of August 2026. Anything after 2026 is an announced target, not a guarantee.

Confirmed / completed Planned / announced 3G 2G
2020
CHSwisscom retires 2G (December)2G
NOTelenor retires 3G3G
2021
DEDeutsche Telekom and Vodafone retire 3G (30 June), Telefónica/O2 (31 December)3G
ITVodafone retires 3G (February)3G
CHSalt retires 2G (April)2G
2022
NLKPN retires 3G (March)3G
ITTIM retires 3G (October)3G
CHSunrise retires 2G (December) — Switzerland fully done with 2G2G
2023
ATA1, Magenta and Drei all retire 3G — Austria fully done with 3G3G
PLT-Mobile retires 3G3G
2024
UKVodafone and EE retire 3G (February); Three completes (never had 2G)3G
BETelenet and Proximus retire 3G (end of year)3G
2025
NOTelenor retires 2G — Norway fully done with 2G/3G2G
SETelia, Tele2, Telenor and Tre all retire 3G (end of year)3G
ITWindTre retires 3G (end of year)3G
BEOrange Belgium retires 3G3G
PLPlay starts retiring 3G (April); Orange targets end of year3G
NLOdido completes its 2G retirement; Vodafone NL and (originally) KPN targeted this year — sources disagree, see note below2G
2026
CHSunrise retires 3G (early in the year) — Switzerland fully done with 3G3G
FROrange, SFR and Bouygues start retiring 2G (from 31 March, per ARCEP's published timeline)2G
ESMovistar starts retiring 3G3G
Now · August 2026
2027
BEProximus starts retiring 2G2G
PLPlus targets retiring 3G and 2G; Play targets 2G3G2G
ITWindTre targets retiring 2G2G
ESMovistar targets full 2G and 3G shutdown (end of year)2G
2028
DEDeutsche Telekom retires 2G (30 June); Telefónica in H22G
FROrange and SFR complete 3G retirement (end of year)3G
PLT-Mobile starts retiring 2G (1 January)2G
NLKPN — newer reporting points to this year for 2G (pushed back from 2025, see note below)2G
2029
FRBouygues Telecom completes 3G retirement (end of year)3G
UKEE retires 2G (May); O2 in summer2G
ITTIM and Vodafone target retiring 2G2G
2030
DEVodafone completes 2G retirement (end of year) — Germany fully done with 2G/3G2G
UKVodafone completes 2G retirement — UK fully done with 2G/3G2G
PLOrange targets retiring 2G2G
BEOrange Belgium and Telenet target full shutdown of both generations (upper end of the 2028–2030 range)2G

Note: for the Netherlands (KPN, 2G), sources disagree — older reporting says end of 2025, newer reporting points to a push to 2028. Both are shown here, dated to the more recent announcement. Any date past 2026 is an operator's stated target, not a done deal — verify directly with the provider before making a purchasing decision.