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FogScreen, the startup developing an image projection surface built on water vapor has declared bankcruptcy in 2013. Development of the technology has continued in another company.
The new legislation that deregulates transportation services like taxis comes into effect in July 2018. This is also the time ride sharing giant Uber returns to the Finnish market after a year long hiatus.
Bell Labs research center has announced a new processor for optical network switches. The PSE 3 chipset (Photonic Service Engine 3) is the first fiber connection processor that is built using the PCS modulation technology. It allows touching the maximum speed of fiber connections.
According to the statistics from Finnish Customs' statistics for 2017, the growth of exports from the country grew by 15% in 2017. The total value of exports was 59,5 Billion out of which the largest product was surprisingly diesel fuels.
Fortum is the first Finnish company to provide access to it's district heating network to any at public purchase prices.
The theater house in Sysmä, Finland, will be the forum for the announcement of the municipality's own internal currency, the "sysmä". Director Marketta Kitkiöjoki will describe the functionality and technology of the local currency.
Pricing of regional public transport will change in 2018. In the renewal the grounds for prices change for over a million passengers in Espoo, Vantaa and other municipalities in the greater Helsinki region. For most commuters pricing changes will be neglible, but some can reduce their travel cost.
Finnish military intelligence and US security service NSA cooperation started years earlier than previously thought. Latest in 2004 the two state organisations were collaborating, according to documents released by The Intercept.
The first Outlet Village in Finland is set to open in the spring of 2019 in the greater Helsinki region. The shopping complex will be built in the Vantaa Porttipuisto area, close to the IKEA store. The news comes after a series of delays of the project.
SK Telecom top brass has reportedly had a meeting with Nokia Bell Labs Chief Technology Officer at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) trade show in Barcelona. SK Telecom is the largest carrier in South Korea and a leader in 5G deployment.