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Services Objective and tasks Passenger and goods transport Communications market Basic Communications Services Operating licences Mobility as a service 1. Objective and tasks The Ministry aims to ensure that the mobility, communications and transp...

Networks and services Objective and tasks Communications networks Transport system Passenger, goods and freight transport 1. Objective and tasks We at the Ministry of Transport and Communications are committed to developing Finland’s transport sys...

Information and security Objective and tasks Data economy Media and postal services Cyber security, information security and data protection Road transport and Logistics chains 1. Objective and tasks It is the duty of the Ministry of Transport and...

Ministry Sustainable growth, wellbeing and safety through knowledge and connections of the future Law drafting in the transport and communications sectors Cooperation with the European Union International cooperation Overseeing the agencies in the...

The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 20 November 2024. The CRA sets minimum cyber security requirements for products and software that can be connected to the internet or to other devices. A project preparing national legislation to complement the Act is underway at the Ministry of Transport and Communications.

4.9.2025 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has launched a project to prepare a study on how the prominence of domestic media services could be improved in line with the Audiovisual Media Services Directive.

1.3.2017 | A working group appointed by the Ministry of Transport and Communications suggests that support be provided for commercial television news broadcasting. The group proposes a temporary, three-year support programme that would be used for projects or to cover a certain percentage of the costs accrued by the production of news and current issues. Support could be provided to holders of public interest programming licences, that is public interest channels.

8.2.2023 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has called for comments on a draft Government Decree on discretionary government grants for communications and news media in 2023. The decree is scheduled to take effect in April. Total funding of EUR 7 million is proposed.

8.2.2023 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has called for comments on a draft Government Decree on discretionary government grants for communications and news media in 2023. The decree is scheduled to take effect in April. Total funding of EUR 7 million is proposed.

Nät och tjänster Mål och uppgifter Kommunikationsnät Trafiksystem Person- och godstransporter 1. Mål och uppgifter Kommunikationsministeriet utvecklar trafiksystemet på ett kunskapsbaserat sätt. Målet är att göra trafiksystemet mer funktionellt, t...

12.11.2015 | On 12 November 2015 the Finnish Government granted new network operating licences for antenna television for the licence period beginning in 2017. Among the licensees is a new operator in the market, Norkring As from Norway.

12.11.2015 | New network operator in the antenna television market Ministry of Transport and Communications Publication date 12.11.2015 13.24 Type: Press release On 12 November 2015 the Finnish Government granted new network operating licences for antenna tele...

5.8.2022 | On 4 August 2022, the State of Finland replied to the European Commission regarding the complaint against YLE pursued by Sanoma Media Finland Ltd. The reply is the fourth that Finland has so far submitted to the Commission in relation to the complaint.

5.8.2022 | On 4 August 2022, the State of Finland replied to the European Commission regarding the complaint against YLE pursued by Sanoma Media Finland Ltd. The reply is the fourth that Finland has so far submitted to the Commission in relation to the complaint.

Tjänster Mål och uppgifter Person- och godstrafik Kommunikationsmarknaden Bastjänster inom kommunikation Koncessioner Mobilitet som tjänst 1. Mål och uppgifter Ministeriet har som mål att säkerställa att medborgarna och företagen enkelt och kostna...

Information och säkerhet Mål och uppgifter Dataekonomi Medier och posttjänster Cybersäkerhet, informationsäkerhet och dataskydd Vägtrafik och transportkedjor 1. Mål och uppgifter Kommunikationsministeriet har till uppgift att främja tillgången til...

31.8.2007 | Finland will switch over to digital television in the beginning of September.

31.8.2007 | Finland will switch over to digital television in the beginning of September.

8.8.2019 | Despite a change in the direct controlling interest in the licence holder, the Government will not cancel the network licences issued to DNA Oyj and its subsidiary DNA Welho Oy for telecommunications and television broadcasting. The Government made a decision on the matter on 8 August 2019.

8.8.2019 | Despite a change in the direct controlling interest in the licence holder, the Government will not cancel the network licences issued to DNA Oyj and its subsidiary DNA Welho Oy for telecommunications and television broadcasting. The Government made a decision on the matter on 8 August 2019.