Home Has the pandemic put the final nail in the landlines coffin?
 

Keywords :   


Has the pandemic put the final nail in the landlines coffin?

2021-04-23 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

According to data from Uswitch, four million UK homes have disconnected their landlines since the millennium. Worse, of the 80% of homes that do still have a landline, around 26% do not even have a handset plugged in.    Now, with the pandemic forcing everyone to remain indoors, it would be easy to think that landline usage would have increased in the past year. But, on the contrary, people have instead turned to their mobile phones or video calling services like Zoom to communicate…read more on TotalTele.com »

Tags: the put final nail

Category:Telecommunications

Latest from this category

All news

12.12AI in Financial Services 2025: Turning Intelligence Into Impact
11.12How to Build AI-Enabled Operations and Achieve Measurable Outcomes
04.12AI Revolution in Service Management Features Intelligent Operations and Continuous Innovation (Part 2)
Telecommunications »
18.12Warner Bros favours Netflix offer over $108bn Paramount bid
18.12BP names new boss as current CEO leaves after less than two years
18.12Should more be done to tackle 'ghost jobs', vacancies that don't exist?
18.12Bank of England expected to cut interest rates
18.12Bank of England expected to cut interest rates
17.12The Oscars to leave ABC and stream on YouTube starting in 2029
17.12Making methane genetics work for cattle producers
17.12Capital expenditures in the U.S. pork industry
More »