{"id":92640,"date":"2025-09-04T08:44:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T08:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=92640"},"modified":"2025-09-04T08:44:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T08:44:45","slug":"mtn-ghana-announces-shutdown-of-2g-and-3g-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=92640","title":{"rendered":"MTN Ghana announces shutdown of 2G and 3G services"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MTN Ghana has announced that it will adopt a gradual approach in winding down its 2G and 3G networks, ensuring that subscribers are given ample time to adjust to newer technologies.<\/p>\n

Addressing journalists at the Digital Africa Summit in Accra, the company\u2019s Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Blewett, acknowledged that a significant section of customers still depend heavily on 2G and 3G services.<\/p>\n

He observed that while some deliberately remain on these networks to control data usage, many others continue to use handsets that are not 4G-enabled.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite the widespread availability of 4G, a lot of our customers are still on 3G. For some, it is about managing their data consumption, while others are constrained by devices that cannot support 4G,\u201d Mr Blewett explained.<\/p>\n

He stressed that MTN\u2019s long-term plan is to improve spectrum efficiency by eventually switching off the older networks but said the process would be carefully managed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot simply switch off 2G and 3G without ensuring that affordable 4G devices are within reach. Doing so would risk excluding a large number of Ghanaians,\u201d he cautioned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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