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Country Information
Complete Name of the Country Republic of Finland
Population 5.2 million.
Official Languages Finnish 93%, Swedish 6% both official
Currency Euro
Finland Flag
Finland
ccTLD .FI
Country Finland
TLD .fi
Name of registry Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority
Website of registry http://www.ficora.fi
Original Control of Registry The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (Ficora)
Control of Registry (Current)
The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (Ficora) is an agency under the Ministry of Transport and Communications Finland.
Type of Organization Government Agency
Date ccTLD was created 861204
Number of reg. domains 96,008
2004 Avg. # of registrations / mth 1535.33
Number of Registrants 0
Liberation Important dates 1 September 2003
Liberation Progress
A company or a community entered into the Finnish Trade Register, the Finnish Register of Associations or the Finnish Register of Foundations, or a corporation within the Finnish public sector, may exclusively apply for a domain name
 
Rules
 • Standard Sub Domains immediately before the .ccTLD
none
 • Private Customers allowed?
no
 • Domains per applicant
one (more only in exceptional cases)
 • Approximate Processing time
5 weekday
 • Preconditions Summary Applicant
must be an official registered company in Finland

Additional Information
 • Paper application Required?
YES
 • Automat. Protocol?
XML Web Protocol
 • Trade Mark Particular Process?
The registrant must be a company registered in Finnland or the EU
 • Semantic Control?
Yes - no person names, no universal terms, no geographical names, no trademarks
 • Minimum Length of domain name
2
 • Maximum Length of domain name
63
 • Registration through Registrars Available
NO
 • Direct Registration Available
YES
  
Summary
The Finnish registry agency is The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (Ficora), an agency under the Ministry of Transport and Communications Finland. It continues the operation of the Telecommunication Administration Centre, which was established in 1988. This organization manages everything concerning the existence of a .fi domain name on the internet, including registration, delegation and removal of an .fi domain. The .fi ccTLD is highly restricted, and can be obtained only by officially registered companies in Finland. The ccTLD .fi was established by the Internic on December the 4th 1986.

Registration Highlights
 • Applicant must be an official registered company in Finland

 • No personal names, no universal terms, no geographical names, no trademarks
 
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