Finland has fully discontinued its fixed-line telephone network as… (стационарный · связь · проводной)
Finland has fully discontinued its fixed-line telephone network as of July 1, 2026, with the largest operator Elisa ending services for both private and corporate customers. The move follows similar actions by other major operators like Telia and DNA, marking the end of an era for landline phones that were once ubiquitous in the country.
Consensus
- Finland has fully discontinued its fixed-line telephone network as of July 1, 2026.
- Elisa, the largest telecom operator in Finland, ended services for both private and corporate customers by this date.
- Other major operators such as Telia and DNA had already ceased providing fixed-line phone services earlier.
Points of divergence
- The last large operator Elisa stopped offering landline phone service before the end of June 2026, not on July 1st as stated in other sources. — vm
- Mikhail Oseevsky from Rostelecom said that fixed-line phones should be present in every Russian home and are a guaranteed way to communicate. — vm
- There was an increase in sales of landline phones in Moscow due to mobile internet outages, according to 'Vechernaya Moskva'. — vm
Coverage (4 sources)
- Yle: Finland abandons landline telephone service — Вечерняя Москва
- Finland Completely Disconnected the Fixed Telephone Network — Коммерсантъ
- End of the wired era: Finland will disconnect landline networks from July 1 — Вести
- Finland will completely disconnect the fixed-line telephone network from July 1 — Ведомости