{"id":139635,"date":"2026-08-20T08:04:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T08:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/?p=139635"},"modified":"2026-08-20T08:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T08:25:16","slug":"eir-3g-switch-off-from-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/eir-3g-switch-off-from-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Eir 3G switch-off from October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eir has announced that it will begin switching off its 3G mobile network in Ireland on a phased basis from October 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Eir has advised that it plans to contact customers directly who are currently using 3G-only services, with guidance on the steps required. This may include updating device settings, replacing a SIM card free of charge, or moving to a compatible device. For customers with a 4G or 5G-enabled smartphone or device, this change is not likely to affect you.<\/p>\n<p>GoMo and Lyca Mobile use the Eir network, so this means that 3G services for its customers are also being retired.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eir mobile customers can find more information on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eir.ie\/3Gswitchoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its website<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>GoMo mobile customers can find more information on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gomo.ie\/static\/media\/pricing\/files\/GoMo_3G_Switch_off.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its website<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>Lyca Mobile customers can find more information on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lycamobile.ie\/en\/3g-switch-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We have advice and information on the future of mobile, which includes more information on <a href=\"\/advice-information\/mobile\/the-future-of-mobile\/3g-retirement\/#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3G retirement<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eir has announced that it will begin switching off its 3G mobile network in Ireland on a phased basis from October 2026. Eir has advised &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/eir-3g-switch-off-from-october\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":139631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consumer-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139635"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139648,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139635\/revisions\/139648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}