If you’re on T-Mobile and still rely on the carrier’s 2G network, I have some bad news for you.
In an update to its support page, T-Mobile confirmed it will shut down its aging 2G network on August 2. Anyone still using the network will lose “call forwarding, call waiting, caller ID, or fixed dialing numbers via device settings” on both Android and iOS.
On Android in particular, there will be issues “sending large multimedia messages, such as photos or videos.”
In an interview with Fierce Network a few days ago, T-Mobile chief network officer Ankur Kapoor said the carrier wanted to give people more time to migrate older devices from its 2G network. In addition, an unspecified percentage of customers used the network for international roaming when traveling to the United States.
Over the last two and a half years, T-Mobile used the 2G network as a bridge to move people over to its newer 4G and 5G networks. As a result, the carrier said “nobody would lose any kind of service, either from a voice or data perspective.”
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