In the United Kingdom, the technology that supports landline telephones will be phased out by 2025.
Every home landline telephones in the UK will be switched to an internet-based connection rather than a traditional copper-wire landline, resulting in millions of customers having their phones connected online to make a call.
Since the late 1800s, the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) has been in use to connect voice calls across physical lines from network to network all over the world.
PSTN is based on analog technology and is designed to connect voice calls across physical lines from network to network all over the world.
The PSTN’s equipment is getting increasingly difficult to maintain, and it is no longer fit for purpose.
Telecom firms are rapidly transitioning their clients to a new technology called Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), which is totally digital and transmits voice calls as data.
Telecom companies also claim that maintaining existing PSTN equipment is expensive, and that call quality could be improved if landline calls were routed over internet connections instead.
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