A HUGE UK mobile provider has announced it will axe a service used by thousands – three years ahead of schedule.

The planned closure will leave customers without access to the internet.

In recent weeks, all the big mobile providers have been shutting down older services to make way for the faster 4G and 5G networks.

It follows an agreement, made in December 2021, between the government and the tech giants to switch off 2G and 3G networks in the UK in 2033.

However, Vodafone’s announcement this week has come as a surprise, as the company says it will shut its 2G service down in 2030, three years before it is legally obliged to switch it off.

This means phones using the provider’s 2G service – which was launched in 1991 – will lose access to the internet .

It is a move that could aff

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