Finland's landline network will be permanently discontinued on June 30, 2026, when a major operator, Elisa shuts down its landline network.
Already earlier other major operators, Telia (back in 2019) and DNA (at the beginning of 2026) did the same.
In Finland, telephone subscriptions were introduced already in the 1880s, meaning the landline network accumulated about 140 years of history in the country.
The golden age of landline phones proved to be the first half of the 1990s, during the time just before mobile phones became more widely used - and at a time when BBS services using modems were experiencing their golden age.
After the mid-1990s, the popularity of landline phones has steadily declined. First, the change was seen in young people moving out on their own no longer acquiring landline subscriptions for their homes, and later, older generations also began to give them up as mobile phones replaced landlines.
According to Elisa, at the turn of the year, it had only a few thousand landline customers left, and new subscriptions have not been sold for years.
In Finland, telephone subscriptions were introduced already in the 1880s, meaning the landline network accumulated about 140 years of history in the country.
The golden age of landline phones proved to be the first half of the 1990s, during the time just before mobile phones became more widely used - and at a time when BBS services using modems were experiencing their golden age.
After the mid-1990s, the popularity of landline phones has steadily declined. First, the change was seen in young people moving out on their own no longer acquiring landline subscriptions for their homes, and later, older generations also began to give them up as mobile phones replaced landlines.
According to Elisa, at the turn of the year, it had only a few thousand landline customers left, and new subscriptions have not been sold for years.
