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4 December 2008
Government Resolution: National plan of action for improving the infrastructure of the information society (pdf)
(Ministry of Transport and Communications Finland)

Rapporteurs Proposal for a National Plan of Action (pdf)

25 September 2008
Hundred mega broadband to be made available throughout Finland in 2015
(Ministry of Transport and Communications Finland)

23 January 2007
National broadband strategy. Final report.

24 October 2006
National broadband strategy. Interim report III.

27 October 2005
National broadband strategy. Interim report II.

Broadband distribution and availability in September 2005

3 February 2005
Connection quality and content development new focal points in broadband policy



On 29 January 2004 the Finnish Government adopted a resolution on the national broadband strategy.

The strategy includes an action plan, whose all 50 points are currently being implemented.

The working group proposes that the strategy will continue to constitute the following elements: the promotion of competition in and between all communications networks, promotion of service and content provision in networks, promotion of broadband demand, and continuation and improvement of the special measures in fields with no adequate demand for commercial broadband supply.

The aim is that by the end of 2005:

  • all technologies included, there are 1,000,000 broadband subscriptions in Finland, of which the most have a connection speed of at least 2 Mbit/s
  • high-speed telecommunications connections with regional coverage and reasonable end-user prices are available to everyone; and
  • Finland's status as one of the European leaders in the use and availability of telecommunications connections is stabilised;

and that by the end of 2007:

  • broadband covers more than 90 per cent of Internet connections in Finland and the connection speed of the most widespread broadband service is at least 8 Mbit/s;
  • Finland is one of the world leaders in the use of telecommunications connections.

In order to achieve the aims the focus should be on the growth of content and service production, on removal of restrictions to competition, and on the development of mobile broadband. In addition to these, nine new action points need to be started.

Government resolution on Finland's national broadband strategy