Viestintävirasto
Viestintävirasto ( Swedish Communication Verket , English Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority , FICORA for short ) is the Finnish regulatory authority for the Finnish telecommunications and postal market. It is based in Helsinki . FICORA is the member administration of the CEPT .
According to the 2010 annual report, the communications regulator had 234 permanent employees. General director of FICORA is Asta Sihvonen-Punkka.
Regulatory objectives of the Viestintävirasto
The regulatory objectives are:
- Secure information society
- Effective electronic communication
- Sufficient and uninterrupted infrastructure resources for electronic communication
- Telecommunications markets that function effectively
- High quality communication services
- Diverse electronic media
FICORA also increasingly takes environmental concerns into account in its regulatory activities.
Web links
- Official website of FICORA (English)