In response to consumer demand for faster speeds and greater bandwidth, national cell carriers in early 2011 revealed their plans to migrate fully from 2G to 3G mobile telecommunications. The implication is that the phasing out of 2G–GSM technologies has begun. This forthcoming “2G Sunset,” during which GSM and GPRS technologies will be rendered obsolete, will have sweeping implications for our industry.
This, of course, may not be welcome news to those security dealers who have spent much of the recent past adapting to the decline of landline telephone service. The uncomfortable reality, however, is that when you sell your customers 2G-based monitoring equipment, you are providing them with a fading technology.