Finland has had a landline telephone network since the 1880s, but the lines will fall silent after 30 June 2026.
Finland’s last-ever landline telephone call will be made today, Tuesday 30 June.
From Wednesday, the country’s landlines will fall silent as telecom operator Elisa retires its fixed-line network for both private customers and businesses.
Elisa’s competitor Telia discontinued its own landline service in 2019, while DNA stopped supporting landline networks at the start of this year.
Finland has had a landline telephone network since the 1880s, and Finns were eager early adopters.
By the 1960s, Finland rose to seventh place in Europe for landline subscriptions, and the number of landline phones in Finnish homes peaked in the early 1990s.
The numbers started to steadily decline after that however, with the advent of mobile phones, especially as Finnish firm Nokia became a world leader in the new technology.
