Tag archive: Finland

A new study put out about internet usage in the European Union points to a large increase in access and broadband connection in households since 2006. However, almost a quarter of EU citizens still haven't ever used the internet. The data was published by the European Eunion's statistical office, Eurostat. The study concerns individuals aged 16-74, and usage during the first quarter of 2011. It can be surreal to imagine for some of… Read More

Google is once again showing off its big environmental conscience with video of the new Hamina, Finland data center, due to open up towards the end of the year. The new center, much like Google's Saint-Ghislain center, will not be using chillers in its cooling system. Instead, waters from the Baltic Sea will be harnessed to keep servers cool. Google paid $52 million for the Summa paper mill that yielded the 410 acres of land where the new… Read More

Once king of the wireless world, Nokia has fallen behind recently, with a 21 percent drop in revenue in the final quarter of 2010, and a recent loss of its hold on the worldwide smartphone market share to Android. But if recent rumors are true, the Finnish mobile giant isn't taking the beating laying down. A report by Andrew Orlowski at The Register says that Nokia CEO Stephen Elop plans to move the “executive center” of the… Read More

Some 2,000 employees in Finland's technology sector will begin a strike in two weeks time if no agreement is reached in labor talks with company managers, union leaders said Wednesday. The weeklong strike, due to start Dec. 1, would affect certain units at engineering firm ABB, mobile phone maker Nokia Corp., shipbuilder STX Finland and engineering group Rautaruukki. Negotiations between the Union of Salaried Employees and the Federation… Read More