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'Get into a store': Spark Chief Brand Officer on incoming 3G switch-off

Author: Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026, 4:33pm

In three days Spark is set to switch off their 3G network for good.

Spark Chief Brand and Corporate Affairs Officer, Leela Ashford, told Heather du Plessis-Allan only about 0.2% of Spark's total data traffic still uses 3G.

"There's still people on there, and that's why we are encouraging them, to move off to use this weekend, get into a store and get onto a 4G capable device," Ashford said.

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