FICORA
| Finnish:Viestintävirasto Swedish:Kommunikationsverket | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1988 (as THK) 2001 (as FICORA) |
| Dissolved | 1 January 2019 |
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| Parent department | Ministry of Transport and Communications |
| Website | www |
TheFinnish Communications Regulatory Authority,abbreviated toFICORA(Finnish:Viestintävirasto,Swedish:Kommunikationsverket), was thepublic authorityresponsible for communication regulations inFinland.[1]FICORA regulated radio frequencies and television broadcast permits, supervised the operation ofInternet service providers,and managed the.fi domain zone.FICORA was headquartered inHelsinki.[2]
FICORA acted as the national telecommunications regulatory body, representing Finland inITUandETSI.It was one of the standards writing bodies working with theFinnish Standards Association.[3]It was founded in 1988 as the State Agency for Telecommunications Administration (THK;Finnish:Telehallintokeskus,Swedish:Teleförvaltningscentralen) by combining the regulatory divisions of the Finnish PTT agency(fi)and that ofYleisradio(YLE) into a single agency, and adopted its name in 2001.
FICORA, theFinnish Transport Safety Agency(Trafi), and certain functions of theFinnish Transport Agencywere merged to form the newFinnish Transport and Communications Agency(Traficom) on 1 January 2019.[4]
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References[edit]
- ^"Presentation and duties".viestintavirasto.fi(in Finnish). salmesar. 2013-02-23.Retrieved2018-03-01.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: others (link) - ^Viestintävirasto."Contact details".viestintavirasto.fi.Retrieved2018-03-01.
- ^"Standardointi luo pohjan tekniselle ohjaukselle"(in Finnish).Retrieved17 June2018.
- ^"Information about Traficom".traficom.fi.Retrieved2019-01-15.
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