Nokia kills landlines

The town, which is famous for being the birth place of the mobile phone outfit of the same name, will provide 1,300 municipal employees with mobile handsets by June. All landlines will automatically connect to cell phones.

A spokesman for the council said that it means that the good citizens of Nokia will be able to connect to an official where ever they might be.

According to Fox News, switching to mobile phones will also save landline phone costs and will not be more expensive for customers calling town officials. They must have good rates in Finland.

A few landlines will be installed in the council offices but they will be connected to that technology that was old when Nokia still made wood pulp, the fax machine.

The mobile phone company of the same name departed the town of Nokia in 1991 and no longer calls.

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