Are You Ready For The Data Network Transition? Here's Everything You Need To Know

By Quin Waddell, Director of Monitoring Solutions, Cryoport Systems

The future for global advanced therapy shipments requiring critical near real-time chain of custody, chain of condition and Chain of Compliance^® reporting will soon face a significant technology challenge.

On February 22, 2022, all of the 2G/3G networks are scheduled to sunset in the United States and will immediately transition to leveraging only 4G/LTE network technology. Other countries and regions will continue to leverage 2G/3G networks and are planning to decommission them at different rates. As global networks continue to shutdown 2G/3G, technology challenges relating to capacity and connectivity will impact all carrier services as well as packaging technology providers.

In this blog, we’ll cover the history of cellular network technology, the upcoming network transition, and how you can be prepared to ensure complete data continuity for your critical and life-saving shipments.