Elisa Suomi, commonly known as Elisa, is a major player in the Finnish telecommunications sector. The telecommunications company was founded in 1882 as HPY HTF, becoming Radiolinja in September 1988 with the launch of its first mobile services. Throughout the 1990s Radiolinja merged with FinnetCom, Tampereen Puhelin, Keski-Suomen Puhelin, and Joensuun Puhelin, to emerge in July 2000 as Elisa. Elisa Oyj operates networks in both Estonia and Finland. Elisa is a publicly traded company, with shares listed on the NASDAQ Helsinki Stock Exchange. The Finnish State holds a significant stake in the company, along with various institutional and individual investors.

Alias
Elisa Oyj
Country
Finland
Type
Network Operator
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3G Network

Elisa launched 3G UMTS over B1 (2100 MHz) in April 2006, and a B8 (900 MHz) network in November 2007. 3G services were upgraded to DC-HSPA+ in August 2011. The network was shut down in January 2023.

Network Frequency Band Status
B1 (2100 MHz)
Shut Down
B8 (900 MHz)
Shut Down
Date Event Subtype
Launch of 3G Network
Launch

4G Network

Elisa commercially launched its 4G LTE service in February 2013 over B7 (2600 MHz) in December 2010, adding a B3 (1800 MHz) carrier in November 2011. B1 (2100 MHz) and B20 (800 MHz) LTE was introduced in January 2014, and B28 (700 MHz) in February 2017.

Elisa commercially launched 300 Mbps LTE-A using CA_3A-7A carrier aggregation to combine 20 MHz of B3 and 20 MHz of B7 spectrum in March 2015. In August 2016 Elisa announced its LTE-A Pro network testing yielded 1.9 Gbps utilising 100 MHz of spectrum across its five LTE bands (5C aggregation) in combination with 4X4 MIMO and 256QAM. The company announced the launch of its gigabit LTE-A Pro network in October 2017.

NB-IoT testing began in October 2017, with a national launch taking place in April 2018. Due to 800 MHz spectrum embargo in place near the Russian border, Elisa use B3 (1800 MHz) in Eastern Finland, and elsewhere both B3 and B20 (800 MHz).

4G Frequency Bands
Network Frequency Band Max. Channel Bandwidth Status
B1 (2100 MHz)
10
Active
B3 (1800 MHz)
20
Active
B7 (2600 MHz)
20
Active
B20 (800 MHz)
10
Active
B28 (700 MHz)
10
Active
Date Event Subtype
Launch of 4G Network
Launch

5G Network

The company began testing 5G NR in April 2017 over the 3.5 GHz band, and became one of the first in the world to begin commercial use of 5G NR when in June 2018 it began offering a 5G n78 (3500 MHz) NR network with a 100 MHz channel size, providing data rates in excess of 1.8 Gbps. n41 is reportedly in use in Eastern Finland.

Network Frequency Band Max. Channel Bandwidth Status
n78 (3500 MHz)
100
Active
n41 (2600 MHz)
50
Active
n28 (700 MHz)
10
Active
Date Event Subtype
Launch of 5G Network
Launch