Ficora - News http://www.ficora.fi FI Copyright @ 2002-2007 Viestintävirasto/FICORA Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:38:12 +0200 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:38:12 +0200 Viestintävirasto /en.html http://www.ficora.fi /en/seuranta.html.stx?NetaPath=/channels/public/www/viestintavirasto/en/index/viestintavirasto/rss/uutiset.xml&NetaUserId=&NetaSiteName=" http://www.ficora.fi/en/index/viestintavirasto/uutiset/2010/P_13.html Suvi Lindén, the Minister of Communications, has decided that it is not possible to promote the reform relating to YLE's, the Finnish Broadcasting Company, governance model and financing. There is not enough parliamentary support to promote the reform. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:28:00 +0200 http://www.ficora.fi/en/index/viestintavirasto/uutiset/2010/P_11.html The number of television fee payers totalled 1,905,430 at the end of February. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 10:46:00 +0200 http://www.ficora.fi/en/index/viestintavirasto/uutiset/2010/P_9.html The number of television fee payers totalled 1,902,409 at the end of January. There were 620 more payers than at the end of December. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +0200 http://www.ficora.fi/en/index/viestintavirasto/uutiset/2010/P_6.html CERT-FI, which functions as the Finnish national Computer Emergency Response Team within the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA), has published a memorandum whose objective is to increase the overall awareness of electronic service users about cybercrime aiming at data-stealing as well as theft protection methods. Over the period of 1 January 2008 to 31 August 2009, CERT-FI received about 1,800 notifications from Finnish internet users who had become victims of data-stealing malware. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:40:00 +0200 http://www.ficora.fi/en/index/viestintavirasto/uutiset/2010/P_5.html Itella's press release states that it will not change its current mail delivery policy concerning persons over 75 years of age. The disabled and persons over 75 years of age will continue to have the right, if they so request, to have their mail delivered either to a letterbox placed at the boundary of their plot of land where they there is a driveway or other access to the plot or in an apartment-specific mail drop. In order to receive the service, all mail recipients in the household must fulfil the criteria set for this special service that is free of charge. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:46:00 +0200 http://www.ficora.fi/en/index/viestintavirasto/uutiset/viestintavirasto/P_5.html Itella's press release states that it will not change its current mail delivery policy concerning persons over 75 years of age. The disabled and persons over 75 years of age will continue to have the right, if they so request, to have their mail delivered either to a letterbox placed at the boundary of their plot of land where they there is a driveway or other access to the plot or in an apartment-specific mail drop. In order to receive the service, all mail recipients in the household must fulfil the criteria set for this special service that is free of charge. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:46:00 +0200 http://www.ficora.fi/en/index/viestintavirasto/uutiset/2010/P_3.html A record number of fi-domain names were granted last year, 48 009 in all. The total number of domain names increased to 225 625 by the end of the year. This means a growth of 20 per cent from 2008. However, the statistics only comprise new registrations, not renewal of domain names. There are most likely many reasons behind this growth; for example, fi-domain names have gained a wider publicity than before. More detailed information on the number of fi-domain names and other activities related to the domain names can be found in the publication below. Statistics on domain names in 2009 [PDF, 41 KB](in Finnish) Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:58:00 +0200 http://www.ficora.fi/en/index/viestintavirasto/uutiset/2010/P_2.html Valid television fee notifications totalled 1,901,789 at the end of December 2009, which is 2,282 less than in the previous month. In 2009, there was a drop of 14,467 in television fee notifications. Thu, 7 Jan 2010 11:40:00 +0200 http://www.ficora.fi/en/index/viestintavirasto/uutiset/2010/P_1.html Decree of the Ministry of Transport and Communications on certain fees of the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA) entered into force in the beginning of 2010. Mon, 4 Jan 2010 12:27:00 +0200 http://www.ficora.fi/en/index/viestintavirasto/uutiset/2009/P_61.html Along with it come the scents, spirit and peace. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:41:00 +0200