Finland also leads Europe in mobile communications, both as a user and supplier. The Government has proactive Information Society strategies and Finland is very well placed to play a significant role in Information Society developments both in Europe and globally. The transformation has included very rapid take up of new telecommunications methods. In Nokia, Finland boasts one of the world's leaders in mobile telephony. The Government is committed to a proactive information society policy and public authorities and services at all levels are actively pursuing online services.
All citizens have access to the Internet at public libraries.
IT and telematics training is regarded as a key national priority. Although telework in Finland is generally a positive personal response to the benefits of telework, high levels of unemployment have made some people reluctant to risk novel and uncertain ways of working so that telework in the form of working at home can also be seen as a response to unemployment. Although there have been a number of publicly supported telecentre projects designed to bring work to small, scattered communities, few have been successful in achieving sustainability without ongoing public funding. While there are no explicit legal constraints on teleworking, trade unions are not yet very positive about increasing flexibility in the organisation of work. There are no legal or other insurmountable barriers to organisational telework, but neither are there particular strong driving factors or motivation to change.