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Published: 5 June 2007

Number of outgoing calls 3.5 times as high from mobile phones as from local telephone networks in 2006

Just under 4.5 billion calls were made from mobile phones in Finland in 2006, which is 12 per cent more than in 2005. By contrast, the number of calls made from local telephone networks declined even further. Their number fell by 16 per cent and totalled just under 1.3 billion in 2006.

The number of outgoing call minutes from mobile phones totalled around 12.7 billion. This is 17 per cent more than in 2005. The number of outgoing call minutes from local networks fell by 28 per cent from the previous year and totalled just under 5.4 billion.

Altogether nearly 3.1 billion text messages were sent in 2006. The total number of outgoing text messages grew by 13 per cent from 2005. More multimedia messages were also sent than in the year before. In 2006, they totalled around 21.6 million, which represents an increase of 35 per cent from 2005.

Over the year, the number of mobile phone subscriptions went up again so that at the end of the year they totalled nearly 5.7 million. By contrast, the number of fixed line subscriptions followed the declining pattern of the past few years and at the end of the year they numbered just over 1.9 million. At the end of 2006, broadband subscriptions numbered over 1.4 million. Their number grew by 18 per cent compared to the end of 2005.

The number of personnel employed by telecommunications operators decreased by 12 per cent, but their total turnover increased by six per cent from the previous year in 2006.

Numbers of outgoing calls from the local telephone network and from mobile phones in 1995-2006

Source: Telecommunications 2006, Statistics Finland

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Tables

Appendix tables

• Table 1. Number of fixed telephone subscriber lines, number of subscriber lines per 100 population and share of ISDN channels of all fixed lines in 1990 and 1995-2006 (5.6.2007)
• Table 2. Numbers of ISDN basic and primary subscriber lines in 1995-2006 (5.6.2007)
• Table 3. Number of public telephones maintained by telecommunications operators in 1990, 1995 and 2000-2006 (5.6.2007)
• Table 4. Broadband subscriptions in 2001-2006 (5.6.2007)
• Table 5. Broadband access in OECD countries per 100 inhabitants in 2001-2006 (5.6.2007)
• Table 6. Number of mobile phone subscriptions and number of subscriptions per 100 population in 1980, 1985 and 1990-2006 (5.6.2007)
• Table 7. Total number of outgoing calls from (fixed) local networks and average length of call in 1995-2006 (5.6.2007)
• Table 8. Outgoing calls from local fixed networks in 2006 (5.6.2007)
• Table 9. Number of outgoing mobile phone calls, change from previous year and average length of call in 1995-2006 (5.6.2007)
• Table 10. Numbers of outgoing short messages from mobile phones and short messages per subscription on average from mobile phones in 2002-2006 (5.6.2007)
• Table 11. Personnel of telecommunications operators in 1995-2006 (5.6.2007)
• Table 12. Turnover and breakdown of turnover of telecommunications operators in 1998-2006, per cent (5.6.2007)
• Table 13. Investments of telecommunications operators in tangible assets and telecommunication networks in 2003-2006, EUR million (5.6.2007)
• Table 14. Number of employees and value of gross output of manufacture of telecommunications equipment (SIC 322) in 1995-2005 (5.6.2007)
• Table 15. Production and foreign trade: Import and export of telecommunications equipment in 1995-2006, EUR million (5.6.2007)

Figures

• Figure 1. Numbers of fixed line and mobile telephone subscriptions in 1990 and 1995-2006 (5.6.2007)
• Figure 2. The distribution of calls from local telephone networks in 2003 - 2006, per cent (5.6.2007)
• Figure 3. The distribution of call minutes from local telephone networks in 2003 - 2006, per cent (5.6.2007)
• Figure 4. Numbers of outgoing calls from the local telephone network and from mobile phones in 1995-2006 (5.6.2007)
• Figure 5. Numbers of outgoing call minutes from the local telephone network and from mobile phones in 1995-2006 (5.6.2007)
• Figure 6. Numbers of outgoing calls from private (domestic) subscriptions and corporate subscriptions in 2006, per cent (5.6.2007)
• Figure 7. Numbers of outgoing calls from mobile phones in 2006, per cent (5.6.2007)
• Figure 8. Numbers of outgoing short messages from mobile phones and short messages per subscription on average from mobile phones in 2002-2006 (5.6.2007)
• Figure 9. Investments of telecommunications operators in tangible assets and telecommunication networks in 2003-2006, EUR million (5.6.2007)

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Updated 5.6.2007