.fi
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.fi is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Finland. It is operated by FICORA, the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority.
December 4, 1986 an application to register top level domain for Finland was sent by Finnish Unix Users Group from Tampere. The application was accepted and the administration of .fi TLD was granted to Tampere University of Technology. Later the administration was transferred to FICORA.
In the past FICORA regulated .fi domains quite harshly. Domain names were only admitted to company names or companies that owned trademarks. This policy lead to Finnish companies applying for domains under other top-level domains. This policy was changed on September 1 2003.
.fi was once best known among non-Finnish internet users as the TLD of the Penet remailer (anon.penet.fi), a privately-operated server which enabled users to post e-mail and Usenet messages anonymously in the early 1990s.
Since September 1, 2005, .fi-domains may contain scandinavian letters (ä, å, ö), though they are not recommended to be used as the primary domain.
See also: .ax, a top-level domain that the Åland Islands have requested.
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Categories: CENTR members | Country code top-level domains | Communications in Finland | Finnish media
