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7.10.2014 | Media innovation support will begin to be granted for the development of new digital services aimed at the Finnish public.

1.9.2015 | Minister of Transport and Communications Anne Berner is heading the development of a Digital business growth environment that focuses on promoting the digitalisation of business. The goal is to make Finland a welcoming operational environment for digital services and business models.

7.11.2007 | The resources and expertise in marine research will be reorganised. The duties of the Finnish Institute of Marine Research will be divided between the Finnish Meteorological Institute and the Finnish Environment Institute. The aim is to strengthen the comprehensive approach to Baltic Sea research.

11.2.2019 | The high purchase prices of electric vehicles and challenges of charging in housing companies are currently slowing down the development of the electric vehicle market and public charging infrastructure and the natural growth of the electric vehicle base. A cost-efficient way to accelerate the market would be to introduce more electric vehicles to the vehicle base, but this will require effective promotion measures in the next few years.

12.4.2012 | Transport policy planning should be incorporated in the development of society at large. Close cooperation between different administrative branches will lay down a firm foundation for a smoothly functioning transport system and an efficient urban structure. Fresh thinking is required in order to make society function more efficiently and to take advantage of the joint resources in a sensible way.

7.5.2013 | 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 in the administrative sector. Easy availability of information will create new service business and make administration more efficient.

11.11.2010 | The Government is in favour of extending the mandate of the European Network and Information Security Agency ENISA by five years. It also supports modernising and improving the effectiveness of the agency's operations.

6.11.2015 | New, high-quality transport services through Transport Code Ministry of Transport and Communications Publication date 6.11.2015 9.12 Type: Press release Regulation on transport markets will be brought together under one act, Transport Code. The ai...

7.10.2009 | 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 be amended accordingly during this autumn. Testing in Cognitive Radio is meant to be started in the beginning of next year.

11.11.2010 | The Government is in favour of extending the mandate of the European Network and Information Security Agency ENISA by five years. It also supports modernising and improving the effectiveness of the agency's operations.

3.5.2012 | The Government has made a decision in principle outlining the development of basic levels of Internet service, in addition to high-speed Internet connections.

12.4.2012 | Transport policy planning should be incorporated in the development of society at large. Close cooperation between different administrative branches will lay down a firm foundation for a smoothly functioning transport system and an efficient urban structure. Fresh thinking is required in order to make society function more efficiently and to take advantage of the joint resources in a sensible way.

5.10.2015 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications' work concerning the status of the Helsinki-Malmi Airport has now come to an end. According to decisions made in 2014, the government shall withdraw its operations from the Helsinki-Malmi Airport by the end of 2016. In January 2015, the Ministry of Transport and Communications responded to the Chancellor of Justice's request for a report on the preparation of the decision to shut down the Helsinki-Malmi Airport.

3.11.2016 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has appointed a working group to conduct a preliminary study on the structural reform of the official functions of transport and communications. The incentive between this appointment is to make operations more customer-oriented in the new digital operating environment.

13.11.2014 | The Finnish Government has reviewed the decision in principle for the Broadband for All 2015 project. The new decision in principle is intended to accelerate the completion of broadband projects in sparsely populated regions currently under way. In 2008, in accordance with the Government programme, the Government made a decision in principle, which stated that 100 Mbit/s Internet connections wo...

Data, Safety and Security Department Data Economy and Media Policy Unit Lotta Engdahl, Ministerial Adviser Data, Safety and Security Department, Data Economy and Media Policy Unit Address Kirkkokatu 12, 00170 Helsinki Phone number +358295342005 Em...

10.7.2014 | Moves are under way to bring down costs of setting up fast communications networks by implementing a directive on the shared construction of broadband. The directive applies to all networks that maintain infrastructure.

5.10.2015 | Decisions by government to withdraw from Malmi Airport legal and final Ministry of Transport and Communications Publication date 5.10.2015 11.00 Type: Press release The Ministry of Transport and Communications' work concerning the status of the He...

7.10.2009 | 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 be amended accordingly during this autumn. Testing in Cognitive Radio is meant to be started in the beginning of next year.

17.3.2020 | The Government resolution to slow the spread of coronavirus infections and to protect at-risk groups, issued on 16 March 2020, states as follows (section 2):