For those who came in late, the French have decided they don’t need that nasty roast beef-eating old tech and want it phased out from top to bottom by 2029.

French telcos Bouygues Telecom and Altice plan to retire their respective 2G network by 2026, while Orange wants to switch its 2G network off next year. The trio all aim to retire their 3G service by 2029.

However, the tech is still being used by elevator manufacturers, whose business has already experienced ups and downs lately.

The French publication Clubic reported that nearly half of the country's elevators are equipped with either 2G or 3G technology.

The publication notes that the Fédération des Ascenseurs told it that approximately 232,000 2G and 58,000 3G systems would need replacing.

Those systems are powering those networks that allow people to contact emergency services via a button.

However, like most lobby group complaints, we did not think installing new 5G modems would be a big job, particularly when you have five years to do it.