Board of Directors for the new state-owned companies

The Board chairman of Arctia Shipping Ltd will be Industrial Counsellor Mr Matti Virtaala. The other Board members will be Ms Sari Aitokallio, Senior Vice President at Metso Corporation, Ms Maire...

Cognitive Radio – efficient use of spectrum

In Finland, testing of Cognitive Radio systems will be possible from the beginning of 2010. "Active communications policy must be strongly future-oriented. We want to support new product...

Mr Kari Wihlman to be Director-General of the new Transport Safety Agency

Mr Kari Wihlman has been appointed Director-General of the Finnish Transport Safety Agency with effect from 1 January 2010. Appointment to the post of Director-General is for a period of five years...

Mr Juhani Tervala to be Director-General of the new Transport Infrastructure Agency

Mr Juhani Tervala has been appointed Director-General at the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency with effect from 1 January 2010. Appointment to the post of Director-General is for a period of...

Assets and business operations to the new state-owned companies

Finland's Ministry of Transport and Communications will transfer the assets and business operations of the Shipping Enterprise Finstaship to the Arctia Holding Oy.The value of the transfer amounts...

Minister Vehviläinen sends condolences to Russia

Spectrum auction closed

Finland's first radio spectrum auction closed on Monday, 23 November. The auction lasted five days and included 27 rounds. The final sum amounted to 3,797,800 euros.

Minimum of 1 Mbit Internet connection available to everyone

As of 1 July 2010 1 Mbit Internet connection will be defined as a universal service.This means that telecom operators defined as universal service providers must be able to provide every permanent...

Finland to enable field tests in Cognitive Radio

Finland wants to ensure that its legislation poses no difficulties for the development of Cognitive Radio and thus efficient use of spectrum. The Finnish legislation concerning radio spectrum will...

The Ministry of Transport and Communications to temporary premises

The premises of Finland's Ministry of Transport and Communications at Eteläesplanadi 16 in Helsinki will be renovated and refurbished in 2009-2011. For that period some Ministry departments and...

Budget for 2010: 2.2 billion euros to the administrative sector of the Ministry of Transport and Communications

The Government proposes that 2,195 million euros (1,848 million euros excluding VAT) be allocated to the administrative sector of the Ministry of Transport and Communications for 2010. A majority...

Minister Lindén supports President Barroso’s broadband guidelines

Finland's Minister of Communications Suvi Lindén supports the political guidelines presented by European Commission President José Manuel Barroso for the mandate of the next European Commission.

Finland’s first spectrum auction in November

Finland's first radio spectrum auction will be held in November. The aim is to test other means of granting spectrum licences than through a "beauty contest": through an auction process, and assess...

Stricter regulations for foreign transport operators working temporarily in Finland

In the future EU hauliers will be entitled to carry out freight transport operations in Finland for a period of seven days from the vehicle's entry into the country.

The Ministry of Transport and Communications’ draft budget totals EUR 2,291.3 million

The draft budget for the administrative sector of the Ministry of Transport and Communications totals EUR 2,291.3 million (EUR 1,929.8 million excluding VAT).

Russia submits a new proposal for a container decree

Ms Anu Vehviläinen, Finland's Minister of Transport, has received a letter from Mr Igor Levitin, Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation, telling that the Russian Customs Services has...

Finland’s first spectrum auction in the autumn

Finland's first radio spectrum auction will be held in the autumn. The aim is to test other means of granting spectrum licences than through a "beauty contest": through an auction process, and...

Minister Vehviläinen to EU ministers: New Russian draft decree would hinder trade between all EU member states and Russia

On Thursday 11 June in Luxembourg, Finnish Minister of Transport Anu Vehviläinen informed EU transport ministers about the effects that the decree would have on freight traffic from the EU to Russia.

Two new state-owned companies in the maritime sector

At the meeting on 2 June 2009 the Cabinet Committee on Economic Policy supported the Ministry of Transport and Communications' proposals of turning the Shipping Enterprise, Finstaship, into a...

Minister Lindén disappointed with the decision on the telecoms reform

Ms Suvi Lindén, Finland's Minister of Communications, is disappointed with the result of the so-called telecoms reform package in the European Parliament. At a vote on 6 May the Parliament rejected...