The openness of the internet, or net neutrality, is guaranteed by Open Internet Regulation ((EU) 2015/2120). In Finland, compliance with the Regulation is monitored by the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom). The Regulation aims to safeguard equal and non-discriminatory treatment of traffic in the provision of internet access services and to ensure users’ right to open internet access.
Based on Traficom’s findings, the status of net neutrality in Finland has remained healthy, as in previous years, and Finnish internet access service providers (ISPs, operators) comply with the Regulation. Traficom has maintained an active dialogue on net neutrality with the industry. Like in previous years, all issues that were raised were mainly resolved or progress was made through negotiations with operators and other stakeholders.
Topical matters during the period covered by this report included the EU legal framework as well as the IP interconnection rules and the discussions around them, 5G network slicing, mobile security services based on DNS filtering, and preparedness and related prioritisation of services in the light of net neutrality. Traficom has also continued to provide guidance on the EU sanctions concerning the broadcasting and distribution of content by Russian media outlets and continued discussion about the ways in which the speeds of FWA connections are reported, among other things.
Some of Traficom’s activities during the period covered by this report were related to measures initiated in previous years. These included the development and certification of the Bittimittari.fi service, and the issuing of instructions concerning the national Digirail project.