Since Australia’s (mobile) 3G switch off has turned into chaos (thanks to a last minute decision to block all phones the telcos couldn’t prove would definitely make VoLTE emergency calls), I had a look into what’s planned in Aotearoa.
Looks like we have an extra year here (around end of 2025). And at least OneNZ have detailed tables of which phones will do VoLTE (ie voice over 4G data) on the home network, and if they’ll do it while roaming too.
https://one.nz/3g-switchoff/
https://one.nz/our-networks/volte/#voltecapable
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The (Aotearoa) Telecommunications Forum page seems to confirm “late 2025” to turn off 3G support across all major networks (OneNZ, Spark, 2Degrees). With OneNZ explicitly saying 2025-12-31 (which I doubt will be off as the new year strikes 😃)
So far Aotearoa seems to be saying “need a 4G capable device to make emergency calls [after 2025]”, which implies it’s up to the owner to assess (not the telco). But who knows what fun lies 12-14 months ahead 🤔
https://www.tcf.org.nz/digital-living/consumer-info-hub/understanding-the-3g-shutdown
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Digging back further 2025-12-31 is the third date OneNZ has given for turning off 3G (and simultaneously 2G too 😮). I suspect “end of 2025” will stick since it now seems to be an “industry wide” date in Aotearoa.
Other than non-phone devices, the other fun seems likely to be older phones which will do VoLTE on their home network but not do VoLTE while roaming. Mostly those seem to be older devices (eg iPhone 8 kind of age, which is a 7 year old model) that only do VoLTE on their home network.
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