Helsinki Arena 2000

The Helsinki Arena 2000 Project gained considerable publicity both in Finland and abroad. As for Elisa Communications, Arena was a long-term business project, where year 2000 was only one intermediate stage. However, where publicity is concerned, expectations were set explicitly to year 2000.

A cooperation consortium was set up for the Arena Project in 1996. Focal cooperation partners from the various fields of the information society were invited to join it. The Consortium set the following goals to the Project: ''It is the wish of the members of the Consortium that in 2000, Helsinki be the leading European city in the field of culture and services, and also for the part of versatility, utilisation rate and technology of services provided through digital media. Another objective is to offer yet more versatile possibilities for interaction and citizens' initiative in data networks.''