The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority, abbreviated to FICORA (Finnish: Viestintävirasto, Swedish: Kommunikationsverket), was the public authority responsible for communication regulations in Finland.[1] FICORA regulated radio frequencies and television broadcast permits, supervised the operation of Internet service providers, and managed the .fi domain zone. FICORA was headquartered in Helsinki.[2]
FICORA acted as the national telecommunications regulatory body, representing Finland in ITU and ETSI. It was one of the standards writing bodies working with the Finnish 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 of Yleisradio (YLE) into a single agency, and adopted its name in 2001.
