.fo is the

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(ccTLD) for the

Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat ...

History

The .fo domain was operated by UNI-C, the Danish University Network organisation until June 1997. It then passed under the control of Tele2 DK, who had bought the activities of UNI-C as part of a privatisation. In July 1998, the operation was handed to nic.fo as a gesture of good will, and recognition that .fo was indeed Faroese.

Registration rules

* Type A registrations must respond to a

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of the registrant. * Type B registrations are possible if you do not hold a matching trademark. Any entity which owns the corresponding trademark can file an opposition within 20 days after the domain registration and be awarded the concerned domain name itself.

References

External links

.fo domain registration website
Country code top-level domains Communications in the Faroe Islands 1993 establishments in Denmark Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members Internet properties established in 1993 {{compu-domain-stub sv:Toppdomän#F