Albania Electronic and Postal Communications Authority: Difference between revisions

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Founded:	1998
Headquarters:	Str. Abdi Toptani Torre Drin, Flor IX 1001 Tirana
Country:	Albania
Website:	akep.al

Albania Electronic and Postal Communications Authority, or AKEP, is the regulatory body in the electronic communications and postal services field, which supervises the regulatory framework provided for in the law on electronic communications and the law on postal services in Albania.^[1] It is also the organization which manages the .al ccTLD. Its domains are sold through registrars, of which AKEP has five, as of 2015. By necessity and policy, all registrars which sell .al domains are Albanian companies.^[2]

AKEP is a legal, public, non-budgetary person, headed by the Steering Council, which is independent in making decisions and abides by its own adopted internal regulation. The Steering Council comprises 5 members appointed by the Parliament upon the proposal of the Council of Ministers.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 AKEP: About
↑ Centr: AKEP, CENTR.org. Updated 2015 July 29.

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[centr-2] Centr: AKEP, CENTR.org. Updated 2015 July 29.

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-'''Albania Electronic and Postal Communications Authority, or AKEP''', is the organization which manages the .al [[ccTLD]]. Its domains are sold through [[registrars]], of which AKEP has five, as of 2015. By necessity and policy, all registrars which sell .al domains are Albanian companies.<ref name="centr">[https://centr.org/member/akep AKEP], CENTR.org. Updated 2015 July 29.</ref>
+'''Albania Electronic and Postal Communications Authority, or AKEP''', is the regulatory body in the electronic communications and postal services field, which supervises the regulatory framework provided for in the law on electronic communications and the law on postal services in Albania.<ref name="about">[https://akep.al/en/about-akep/ AKEP: About]</ref> It is also the organization which manages the .al [[ccTLD]]. Its domains are sold through [[registrars]], of which AKEP has five, as of 2015. By necessity and policy, all registrars which sell .al domains are Albanian companies.<ref name="centr">[https://centr.org/member/akep Centr: AKEP], CENTR.org. Updated 2015 July 29.</ref>
-The ccTLD is an open ccTLD, where foreign companies and individuals can register .al domains, although registration for .com.al, .net.al, and .org.al names are still restricted to Albanian companies.<ref name="centr"></ref>
+AKEP is a legal, public, non-budgetary person, headed by the Steering Council, which is independent in making decisions and abides by its own adopted internal regulation. The Steering Council comprises 5 members appointed by the Parliament upon the proposal of the Council of Ministers.<ref name="about"></ref>
-==.al History==
-The .al [[ccTLD]] was first created on April 21st, 1992, under an initiative of the University of Tirana's Faculty of Natural Sciences, located within its Department of Informatics. It officially became a registry in 1998, when it became a "sponsoring organization" and began defining the rules and procedures under which domain names would be delegated to users.<ref name="centr"></ref>
-Its original master servers were hosted in Pisa, Italy, but were later transferred to Albania.<ref name="centr"></ref>
-In 2010, regulatory policies for the registration of .al changed, so that all companies and individuals with Albanian citizenship and nationality were able to register a .al [[ccTLD]].<ref name="centr"></ref>
-In 2013, the restrictions were lifted so that foreign companies and individuals can now register .al domains. It was also the same year that .al saw its first accredited registrars.<ref name="centr"></ref>
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