In built-up areas telecom operators will build high-speed connections on market terms. This will achieve a population coverage of around 95%. Extending the coverage to 100% will require that partly subsidised high-speed connections will be built to around 130,000 households in rural areas. In subsidized rural areas’ projects telecom operator pays at least one third.
Public aid – two thirds – in rural areas will be provided by the state (66 M€), municipalities (41 M€) and the EU (25 M€). Consumers will at their own expense acquire the subscriber connection up to the length of two kilometres. Funding shares of the municipalities vary depending on the geographical, economic and market situation (see the map in the documents).
Local government organisation - the regional councils - coordinate the work on their territory.
As one part of the plan (and as the first country) a 1 Mbit Internet connection has been in Finland defined as a requirement of the Universal Service.