We’re urging businesses to migrate off the aging PSTN to All-IP by the end of December 2025 to safeguard their services, well before the final shutdown of the network in January 2027. What is the PSTN switch-off? Our existing traditional phone network is being replaced with a …

The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) is being switched off. This means that if you’re a business customer with a traditional phone line, we’re advising you to move over to a fully digital service by the end of December 2025 – well in advance of …

By the end of January 2027, BT and Openreach, along with other phone companies, plan to decommission the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). This transition marks a shift towards digital services, such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), which will replace traditional landline services.

Apr 12, 2022 · The big public switched telephone network (PSTN) switch-off is imminent. As 2025 ends, this system – which is operated by BT – will be turned off forever. The UK’s PSTN has been with us since 1876, routing phone calls to and from phones all over the country, using millions of miles of network cable.

PSTN stands for Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and the switch off brings to an end the decades-old UK-wide analogue network. The switch off also includes the primitive 1990s-era Integrated Services Digital Network ISDN digital network.

What is the PSTN switch-off? BT announced that as of 31 December 2025 traditional phone lines would be switched off, and all data on those lines transferred to digital services. This means the end of the analogue phone.

Jul 24, 2024 · The official switch off date for the PSTN in the UK and many other countries is 2025. The phase out began in 2020 with some countries being slightly ahead with a fully decommissioned PSTN network – The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden and Japan.

Aug 16, 2023 · What is the PSTN Switch Off? The Basics. The “telephony switch off” as its referred to in some circles, is an initiative led by telecommunication operators like BT, to push companies away from the expensive and time-consuming telephone networks, and into the cloud.

Oct 11, 2024 · On the 31st January 2027, the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) will be switched off, and every phone line in the UK will be moved to a fully digital network using the internet to make and receive phone calls, using a protocol …

Jun 27, 2024 · By 2027, the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) also known as the analogue copper cable telephone network, will be switched off and replaced by a digital full-fibre network. The Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) will also stop working.