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Orange firms up French 2G sunset timeline

2025-08-21T14:16:00

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Operator plans to retire its 2G network by end of 2026, with Anglet, Bayonne, and Biarritz set to be the first locations for the switch-off next year.

This article includes:

  • Organisations: Altice; Arcep; Bouygues Telecom; Fédération des Ascenseurs; Free; Iliad; Orange France; Orange Group; Orange Wholesale; SFR.
  • Geographies: Europe; France.
  • People: Christel Heydemann.
  • Themes: 2G; 3G; 4G; 5G; Internet of Things (IoT); Legacy decommissioning; Low-power wide area networks; Mobile networks; National roaming; Network retirement; Network switch-off; Wireless networks.

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