Finland's last analogue landline phones go silent after 150 years
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- Finland ended analogue landline phone calls after nearly 150 years, joining other countries in shifting to digital infrastructure.
- The retirement marks the global transition to fibre optic cables for internet and voice calls, replacing copper-wire technology.
- Finland's fixed-line network began in the 1880s, but mobile technology and digital advancements have largely replaced landlines.
- Elisa, the last major telecom with copper-wire landlines, celebrated the end with a final call between its CEO and a transport agency head.
- Copper-wire phones are analogue because they transmit calls as continuous electrical signals, while fibre optics use light pulses for faster data.