2G/3G Phone calls no longer possible on 4.6.0.15 (XA2 Plus & X10 iii)

I live on the South Coast of England near Southampton and, as of today and according to the ‘3’ Network coverage tracker, 3G is still available in my area. This is also confirmed by my being able to make calls successfully on my 10 year old (Non-VoLTE) Blackberry phone using the same ‘3’ SIM card from the same location. For whatever reason, since the .15 upgrade or coincidentally at exactly the same time for totally unrelated reasons, my Sony Xperia XA2 Plus can no longer make calls on 3G, nor can my Xperia 10 iii on 2G with an EE SIM card. So I’ve now retired my XA2+ as my daily driver a few months earlier than intended and moved to an iPhone 14 for work (as I need dependable reliability for work calls) and will continue to use the X10 iii just as a hobby phone using VoLTE calling.