Competitive Edge: Low latency services and increased capacity in a sustainable way
Competitive Edge ecosystem project aims to provide low latency services and increase capacity in a sustainable way to help manage very rapidly increasing data transfer and network capacity requirements.
€300 m
ecosystem R&D increase
3
years
10+
projects
100+
ecosystem partners
Key numbers
About the project
Nokia and the Competitive Edge ecosystem partners aim to create a significant impact on R&D investments in Finland. It strongly supports the governmental target to increase R&D expenses to four percent of GDP. Finland has strong expertise in many fields of ICT, sustainability, energy efficiency and digital solutions and Nokia has a strong ambition to create a strong ecosystem in Finland on edge capabilities enabling strong global growth for companies and increasing investments in Finland.
Impact of the project:
Edge computing and edge intelligence are considered essential elements in sustainable 5G networks. Programme-related projects will include ecosystem projects with over 100 partners leading to estimated ecosystem R&D investment increase of over €300 million during the programme.
Funding instrument Business Finland

Spinverse’s role
Spinverse supported Nokia in securing funding and accelerating the Competitive Edge ecosystem programme.
Spinverse assisted in consortium building, funding proposal preparation, and strategic coordination, strengthening Nokia’s leadership in sustainable industrial digital infrastructure.
The collaboration with Spinverse has been easy. The close collaboration from past has helped us to work together in a committed and focused manner. Spinverse has helped especially in providing the external view for Nokia with their understanding and insights on the Finnish and European innovation funding..
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