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Working group chaired by Mr Jorma Ollila: Towards kilometre-based taxation

A working group of the Ministry of Transport and Communications is of the opinion that steps could be taken towards introducing kilometre-based taxation of car use in Finland. The working group...

Minister Kyllönen: Transport services a new growth sector

"Transport policy needs a new approach. In Finland the ideas of user-orientation in transport and utilisation of new technology have already been implemented in practice. Our next goal is the most...

Experimental project on electronic transport services launched

The Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications has launched an experimental project on electronic transport services for 2014-2015. The project aims to promote consumer markets in electronic...

4G spectrum to DNA, Elisa and TeliaSonera

The spectrum auction for new-generation wireless broadband ended on 30 October.

Finland participating in key study of greenhouse gases from maritime transport

The Finnish Meteorological Institute, which falls under the administrative sector of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, is in a consortium which has taken on the task of updating the...

Common interests from the Baltic Sea to the Bering Strait

Embassy of Finland in Washington D.C. and Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) organized an Arctic Maritime Awareness seminar on Friday September 27th. Minister of Transport Merja...

Ministers Viitanen and Shindo signed a joint statement

Ms Pia Viitanen, Minister of Housing and Communications of Finland and Mr Yoshitaka Shindo, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, have signed a joint statement for the ICT...

Taina Pieski to continue as Communications Director at the Ministry of Transport and Communications

The Finnish Government has appointed Ms Taina Pieski (46), M.Phil., as Communications Director of the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Her new term of office begins on 15 October 2013.

FICORA interrupts spectrum auction

The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority, FICORA, has informed the Ministry of Transport and Communications that it will interrupt the 800 MHz spectrum auction. FICORA will announce the...

Reality television dominates Finnish TV offering

A survey on television offering commissioned by the Ministry of Transport and Communications was made known through Minister Pia Viitanen on 11th of July.

Minister Viitanen: Internationally binding rules for data protection

According to Finland's Minister of Housing and Communications Pia Viitanen, the alleged incidents of Internet spying practiced by the United States intelligence authorities are an international...

Better competitiveness through new masses and dimensions for heavy goods vehicles

Under a government decree issued on 6 June, Finland's logistic competitiveness will be improved by raising the maximum permissible masses and dimensions of heavy goods vehicles and vehicle...

Finnish Meteorological Institute makes its data sets public

The Finnish Meteorological Institute has opened an online service which makes openly available data sets such as weather, sea and climate observation data, time series and model data in a...

Second generation intelligent strategy for transport published

The Ministry of Transport and Communications has published a second generation intelligent strategy for transport. The strategy furthers the melding of intelligent transport as part of all other...

Minister Viitanen: EU communications legislation must be developed in the interest of citizens

Finland's Minister of Housing and Communications Pia Viitanen considers the roaming charges initiative of Commissioner Neelie Kroes to be interesting, yet controversial. Speaking to the European...

Ms Pia Viitanen Finland's new Minister of Housing and Communications

On 24 May the President of the Republic announced the appointment of Ms Pia Viitanen, Member of Parliament, as Finland's new Minister of Housing and Communications. Ms Viitanen, 46, is a...

New transport policy on display at International Transport Forum

ITF, the International Transport Forum, will take place in Leipzig on 22-24 May. The focus of the summit will be on transport funding.

New transport policy on display at International Transport Forum

ITF, the International Transport Forum, will take place in Leipzig on 22-24 May. The focus of the summit will be on transport funding.

Public information for the use of the whole society

In its final report, the Open Data working group presents a roadmap and concerted practices for the opening up of public data. The goal is that open data will become a part of the basic activities...