Mobile communications are on the upswing: interest in landline phones continues to decline
Making phone calls? Best to use a landline - that was cheaper. At least, that used to be the case. But the financial advantage is now a thing of the past, and interest in landlines is dwindling.
A survey by Verivox found that only 61% of Germans use a landline phone at home, a 10% decrease from 2025. The survey of 1,000 people aged 18-79, conducted by Innofact in July, showed that landline usage declines with age, with 42% of 18-29 year olds using one, compared to 89% of 70-79 year olds. Almost 40% of respondents no longer use a landline, and of those, half have a landline included in their internet contract but do not use it. Only one in ten people use their landline daily.
Written by urgent.news from Handelsblatt's report — not a translation of it. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
