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Line 1: − {{CompanyInfo| − | logo = AKEP.jpg − | type = − | industry = − | founded = 1998 − | founders = − | ownership = − | headquarters = Str. Abdi Toptani<br /> − Torre Drin, Flor IX<br /> − 1001 Tirana − | country = Albania − | businesses = − | products = − | employees = − | revenue = − | website = [http://www.akep.al/ akep.al] − | blog = − | facebook = − | linkedin = − | twitter = − | keypeople = − }} − − '''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> − − 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> − − − − ==.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> − ==References== − {{reflist}} − − [[Category:Organizations]] − __NOTOC__ − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − −
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