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Published: 5 June 2008

Volume of services in mobile networks continued to grow in 2007

Similarly to earlier years, the use of services in the mobile communication network grew in 2007 from the previous year. Call minutes from mobile phones amounted to some 13.5 billion, which was nearly 3.4 times as much as the call minutes from local telephone networks during the year. Outgoing calls from mobile phones totalled just short of 4.8 billion, which was 7 per cent more than in 2006.

Similarly to the number of outgoing calls from mobile phones, the numbers of text and multimedia messages grew. A total of nearly 3.2 billion text messages were sent in 2007, which is 3 per cent more than in 2006, and the number of multimedia messages sent was nearly 29 million, which is one-third up from the year before. The use of the mobile communication network was increased also by the growth in the volume of data transmissions, which was affected by the introduction of mobile broadband connections.

In 2007, the number of calls made from local telephone networks totalled slightly over one billion, which was 19 per cent less than in 2006. The number of call minutes fell by over one-fourth from the year before and stood at slightly over 4 billion in 2007.

The development in the number of subscriptions continued like that of the past years. The number of fixed telephone subscriptions continued to decrease and stood at a good 1.7 million at the end of 2007. By contrast, the number of broadband subscriptions grew by 20 per cent from the year before and totalled over 1.7 million at the end of the year. The number of mobile communication network subscriptions grew despite the already high diffusion of mobile subscriptions. At the end of 2007 there were nearly 6.1 million such subscriptions.

Numbers of outgoing call minutes from the local telephone network and from mobile phones in 1995-2007

Source: Telecommunications 2007, 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, 1995 and 2000-2007 (5.6.2008)
• Table 2. Numbers of ISDN basic and primary subscriber lines in 1995 and 2000-2007 (5.6.2008)
• Table 3. Number of public telephones maintained by telecommunications operators in 1990, 1995 and 2000-2007 (5.6.2008)
• Table 4. Broadband subscriptions in 2001-2007 (5.6.2008)
• Table 5. Broadband access in OECD countries per 100 inhabitants in 2003-2007 (5.6.2008)
• Table 6. Number of mobile phone subscriptions and number of subscriptions per 100 population in 1980, 1985 and 1990-2007 (5.6.2008)
• Table 7. Total number of outgoing calls from (fixed) local networks and average length of call in 1995-2007 (5.6.2008)
• Table 8. Outgoing calls from local fixed networks in 2007 (5.6.2008)
• Table 9. Number of outgoing mobile phone calls, change from previous year and average length of call in 1995-2007 (5.6.2008)
• Table 10. Numbers of outgoing short messages and multimedia messages from mobile phones in 2002-2007 (5.6.2008)
• Table 11. Personnel of telecommunications operators in 1995-2007 (5.6.2008)
• Table 12. Turnover and breakdown of turnover of telecommunications operators in 1998-2007, per cent (5.6.2008)
• Table 13. Investments of telecommunications operators in tangible assets and telecommunication networks in 2003-2007, EUR million (5.6.2008)
• Table 14. Number of employees and value of gross output of manufacture of telecommunications equipment (SIC 322) in 1995-2006 (5.6.2008)
• Table 15. Import and export of telecommunications equipment in 1995-2007, EUR million (5.6.2008)

Figures

• Figure 1. Numbers of fixed line and mobile telephone subscriptions in 1990 and 1995-2007 (5.6.2008)
• Figure 2. The distribution of calls from local telephone networks in 2003-2007, per cent (5.6.2008)
• Figure 3. The distribution of call minutes from local telephone networks in 2003-2007, per cent (5.6.2008)
• Figure 4. Numbers of outgoing calls from the local telephone network and from mobile phones in 1995-2007 (5.6.2008)
• Figure 5. Numbers of outgoing call minutes from the local telephone network and from mobile phones in 1995-2007 (5.6.2008)
• Figure 6. Numbers of outgoing calls from private (domestic) subscriptions and corporate subscriptions in 2007, per cent (5.6.2008)
• Figure 7. Numbers of outgoing calls from mobile phones in 2007, per cent (5.6.2008)
• Figure 8. Numbers of outgoing short messages from mobile phones and short messages per subscription on average from mobile phones in 2002-2007 (5.6.2008)
• Figure 9. Investments of telecommunications operators in tangible assets and telecommunication networks in 2003-2007, EUR million (5.6.2008)

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Updated 5.6.2008