6G Bridge
Growth and business transformation with 5G Advanced and 6G technologies
The 6G Bridge program helps your company network with other research organizations, companies, and industry-leading stakeholders investing in 5G Advanced and 6G technologies. The actors involved in the programme work together to build new solutions and sustainable business. The goal is to make Finland a pioneer in 5G Advanced and 6G technologies. Welcome!
Programme materials
Growth and business transformation with 5G Advanced and 6G technologies
The 6G Bridge program helps your company network with other research organizations, companies, and industry-leading stakeholders investing in 5G Advanced and 6G technologies. The actors involved in the programme work together to build new solutions and sustainable business. The goal is to make Finland a pioneer in 5G Advanced and 6G technologies. Welcome!
Target groups of the programme
The programme is aimed at Finnish companies whose international business capabilities are being significantly renewed.
The main customers and stakeholders of the 6G Bridge program are:
- Business: ICT industry including large companies
- Research: 6G Finland, 6G Flagship, 5G Momentum, Allied ICT Finland, Academy of Finland, Technology Industries of Finland, Traficom, European Space Agency (ESA), SpaceFinland
- Foreign companies that invest in Finland and/or cooperate with Finnish partners
Program Services
The 6G Bridge programme offers a variety of services that support the programme's objectives to the actors involved. Some of the programme's services are only aimed at companies that meet Business Finland's customer relationship criteria.
Key services of the 6G Bridge programme:
How to join the program
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Interest is key
The aim of the 6G Bridge programme is to create innovations and new business based on 5G Advanced and 6G technologies. You can join the program at any time and anyone interested in the theme can join it.
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Read more about the programme
Read more about the programme's objectives, services and how you can use it to develop your business. Some of the programme's services are open to everyone, and some are intended for companies that meet Business Finland's customer relationship criteria.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Programs
Onko ohjelmaan mukaan tulemiselle kriteereitä?
Oletko innostunut 5G Advanced- ja 6G-teknologioista ja niiden tuomista mahdollisuuksista? Tervetuloa mukaan 6G Bridge -ohjelmaan! Ohjelmaan liittymiselle ei ole kriteereitä, mutta eniten siitä hyötyvät yritykset ja organisaatiot, joilla on selkeä visio ja tavoitteita 5G Advanced- ja 6G-teknologioihin panostamiseen. Ohjelma kannustaa aktiiviseen yhteistyöhön ja verkostoitumiseen muiden alan johtavien toimijoiden kanssa.
More information about the theme of the programme
In the digital world, seamless telecommunications are becoming increasingly important. 5GA and 6G technologies enable the development of new tools to digitize and automate the societies of the 2030s. These technologies also help achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
Finland has been an international pioneer in mobile telecommunications since the beginning of GSM technology. Telecommunications is one of the key technologies for which Finland is known worldwide. In order for Finland to maintain its position as a pioneer, new technologies must be boldly utilised and developed.
Why was the theme chosen?
Business Finland's 6G Bridge programme helps in the development and utilisation of 6G technology and in maintaining Finland's pioneering position in the future. The 6G Bridge programme encourages top Finnish researchers and companies to increase domestic and international cooperation, also outside the EU.
Finland's Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, SRIA (pdf), provides an excellent framework for the 6G Bridge programme. SRIA is a concrete demonstration of the unique collaboration between industry, academia and the ecosystem. This is one of Finland's strengths in international competition.
At the heart of the programme are:
- Strengthening 5GA/6G key capabilities
- Networking and cooperation between companies in the sector
- New innovations and international business
Business Finland's goal for the programme
The aim of the 6G Bridge programme is to make Finland an international pioneer in 5G Advanced and 6G technologies related to sustainable industry and society (e.g. smart cities and factories, smart energy and smart ports). The programme provides a framework for networking between different actors, which will create the foundations for new 6G cooperation.
The objectives of the programme are:
- Increasing ecosystem cooperation in research and innovation
- 5GA/6G technology
- Building the business ecosystems of the future and attracting international investment
- Strengthening 5GA/6G key capabilities
- Strengthening testing and experimentation facilities for 6G technology
The programme is part of Business Finland's Digital Native Finland mission, which aims to keep Finland at the forefront of the world in the field of network and communication technology and to provide growth opportunities for Finnish companies.
Roadmap
2023 – Launch
The programme was launched and the first cooperation networks were formed.
2024 – Expansion and international cooperation, RDI activities related to the programme
Numerous international networking events, the largest being the Mobile World Congress.
2025 – Strengthening and growth
The number of participants in the programme and the range of services will increase.
Financial advice and RDI support are used more.
2026 – Target state
Finland has strengthened its position globally as a developer of 6G technology and solutions and as an attractive ecosystem.