Mobile, internet and apps
Prepaid SIM cards and eSIMs, roaming rules for EU and non-EU phones, coverage in Lapland and the apps people in Finland use every day.
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What is a protected SMS sender ID in Finland?
Many text messages show a name instead of a number, for example the name of a bank or a delivery company.
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How do you report a scam message in Finland?
The National Cyber Security Centre Finland, NCSC-FI, at Traficom collects reports of phishing and scam attempts.
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What is the 116117 number in Finland?
116117 is the Medical Helpline, Päivystysapu in Finnish.
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How much does it cost to call another EU country from Finland?
Calling a number in another EU country from your home country is not roaming.
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Can you use a Finnish SIM abroad for months?
Roam like at home is meant for travel.
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What is the EU roaming data limit on an unlimited plan?
An unlimited plan at home does not always mean unlimited data abroad.
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Is mobile data free on ferries from Finland?
It depends on the network.
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Does EU roam like at home cover Ukraine and Moldova?
Yes.
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What is the minimum universal service broadband speed in Finland?
Finland guarantees a basic internet connection as a universal service.
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How common is fibre broadband in Finland?
Traficom reported that at the end of September 2025, fixed connections with a maximum download speed of at least 1 Gbit/s were available to 80% of households.
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How many mobile subscriptions are there in Finland?
Traficom reports that at the end of June 2025 there were 9.1 million mobile subscriptions in use in Finland, corresponding to 1.6 subscriptions per capita.
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How much mobile data do people in Finland use?
Traficom reports that between January and June 2025, mobile network data use in Finland was 75 gigabytes per inhabitant per month, compared with 38 gigabytes in Sweden in 2024.
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When will the 2G network close in Finland?
Traficom says the operators' obligation to maintain 2G (GSM) networks ends at the end of 2029, after which 2G networks will start to close.
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Is there still a 3G network in Finland?
Finnish operators closed their 3G networks in stages in 2023 and 2024.
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Can you send a text message to 112 in Finland?
Before the change, only people who had registered in advance could send an emergency text message to 112.
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How do you get emergency warnings in Finland?
The Finnish Government explains that danger warnings are published on radio and TV, on the websites pelastustoimi.fi, 112.fi and yle.fi, in the Yle app and on teletext page 112.