List of telecommunications regulatory bodies explained

Legal regulatory bodies that govern telecommunications systems in different countries are as follows.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

This list contains bodies ensuring effective regulatory role in a territory which is not necessarily a state, but is listed as "territory" or "economy" in the statistics of international institutions, in particular the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

By country

Country Telecommunications regulator
Afghanistan Telecom Regulatory Authority (ATRA)
Electronic and Postal Communications Authority (AKEP)
Autorité de Régulation de la Poste et des Communications Électroniques (ARPCE)
Ministério das Telecomunicações e Tecnologias (MTTI)
Instituto Angolano das Comunicações (INACOM)
Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones (ENACOM)
Public Utilities Commission of Anguilla (PUC)
Telecommunications Division of the Government of Antigua and Barbuda (TD)
Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC)
Netherlands Radiocommunications Agency (NRA)
Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)
Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR-GmbH)
Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies (Azerbaijan) (MINCOM)
Utilities Regulation & Competition Authority (URCA)
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA)
Directorate of Wireless Licensing, Frequencies & Monitoring (iGA)
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)
Telecommunications Unit (Telecoms Unit)
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT)
Belgian Institute for Postal services and Telecommunications (BIPT)
Belize Public Utilities Commission (PUC)
Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et de la Poste (ARCEP)
Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA)
Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SITTEL)
Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA)
Agencia Nacional de Telecomunicacoes (ANATEL)
Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações (MCTIC)
Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry (AITI)
Communications Regulatory Agency of Bosnia-Herzegovina (CRA)
Communications Regulation Commission (CRC)
Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP)
Agence de Régulation et de Contrôle des Télécommunications (ARCT)
Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC)
Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications (ART)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
National Communications Agency (ANAC)
Information and Communications Technology Authority (ICTA)
Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et de la Poste (ARCEP)
Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et de la Poste (ARCEP)
Subsecretaria de Telecommunicacaiones (SUBTEL)
Ministry of Information Industry (MII)
Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones (CRC)
Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (MinTIC)
Autoriad Nacional de Televisión (http://www.antv.gov.co/ ANTV)
Agencia Nacional del Espectro (http://www.ane.gov.co/ ANE)
Autorité Nationale de Régulation des Tics (ANRTIC)
Congo or Congo-Brazzaville Agence de Régulation des Postes et Communications Électroniques (ARPCE)
Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SUTEL)
Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency (HAKOM)
Ministério de la Informática y las Comunicaciones de Cuba (MIC)
(Former Netherlands Antilles) Bureau Telecommunicatie & Post (BT&P)
Office of Electronic Communications & Postal Regulation (OCECPR)
The Czech Telecommunication Office (ČTÚ)
or Congo-Kinshasa Autorité de Régulation de la Poste et des Télécommunications du Congo (ARPTC)
The Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure (SDFI)
Ministère de la Communication et de la Culture, chargé des Postes et Télécommunications, Porte-Parole du Gouvernement (MCCPT)
Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL)
Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (Indotel)
Agencia de Control y Regulación de las Telecomunicaciones (ARCOTEL)
Superintendencia General de Electricidad y Telecommunicaciones (SIGET)
National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA)
Órgano Regulador de las Telecomunicaciones (ORTEL)
Estonian Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (https://www.ttja.ee/)
Ethiopian Telecommunication Agency (ETA)
Telecommunications Authority of Fiji (TAF)
Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA)
Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques, des Postes et de la Distribution de la Presse (ARCEP)
Agence Nationale des Fréquences (ANFR)
Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication (ARCOM)
Autorité de la Concurrence (AC)
Service des Postes et Télécommunications de Polynésie Française (SPT)
Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP)
Gambian Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA)
Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC)
Bundesnetzagentur (BNA)
National Communications Authority (NCA)
Tele-Post (TELE-POST)
Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT)
Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL)
Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SIT)
Regulatory Authority for Posts and Telecommunications (ARPT)
Autoridade Reguladora Nacional das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação da Guiné-Bissau (ARN)
Guyana Public Utilities Commission (PUC) (PUC)
Conseil National des Telecommunications (CONATEL)
Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL)
Office of Communications Authority (OFCA)
National Media and Infocommunication Authority (NMHH)
Electronic Communications Office of Iceland (ECOI)
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
Ministry of Communication and Informatics (KOMINFO)
Communication Regulatory Authority (CRA)
Audiovisual Media Regulatory Authority (SATRA)
Communications and Media Commission (CMC)
Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg)
Communications Commission (CC)
Ministry of Communications (MOC)
Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM)
Agence des Telecommunications de Cote d'Ivoire (ATCI)
Spectrum Management Authority (SMA)
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC)
Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC)
Ministry of Information and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan (MIC)
Communications Authority of Kenya (CA)
Communications Commission of Kiribati (CCK)
Korea Communications Commission (KCC)
Regulatory Authority of Electronic and Postal Communications (RAEPC)
Ministry of Communications (http://moc.gov.kw/English/)
KyrgyzstanMinistry of transport and Communication of the Kyrgyz Republic (MTC)
LatviaPublic Utilities Commission (PUC)
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA)
Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA)
Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA)
General Telecommunications Authority (GTA)
Office for Communications (AK)
Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT)
Institut luxembourgeois de régulation (ILR)
Office for the Development of Telecommunications and Information Technologies (GDTTI)
Autorité de Régulation des Technologies de Communication (ARTEC)|-| Malawi || Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority] (MACRA)|-| Malaysia || Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) |-| Maldives || Communications Authority of Maldives (CAM)|-| Mali || Autorité malienne de Régulation des Télécommunications, des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication et des Postes (AMRTP)|-| Malta || Malta Communications Authority (MCA)|-| Mauritania || Autorite de Regulation (ARE)|-| Mauritius || Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA)|-| Mexico || Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT)|-| || National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI)|-| Mongolia || Communications Regulatory Commission of Mongolia (CRC)|-| Montenegro || Agency for Electronic Communications and Postal Services (EKIP)|-| Montserrat || Montserrat Info-Communications Authority (MICA) |-| Morocco || Agence Nationale de Réglementation des Télécommunications (ANRT)|-| Mozambique || Instituto Nacional das Communicacoes de Mozambique (INCM)|-| Namibia || Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN)|-| Nepal || Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA)|-|rowspan="2"| Netherlands || Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM) previously Onafhankelijke Post en Telecommunicatie Autoriteit|-| Agentschap Telecom AT|-| || Netherlands Radiocommunications Agency (http://www.rijksdienstcn.com/en) (NRA)|-| New Caledonia || Autorité de la Concurrence de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (ACNC)|-| New Zealand || Commerce Commission of New Zealand (ComCom)|-| Nicaragua || Instituto Nicaragüense de Telecomunicaciones y Correos (Telcor)|-| Niger || Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et de la Poste (ARCEP)|-| Nigeria || Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)|-| || Electronic Communications Agency (AEK) |-| Norway || Norwegian Communications Authority (NKOM)|-| Oman || Oman Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA)|-| Pakistan || Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)|-|| Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC)|-| Panama || Autoridad Nacional de los Servicios Públicos (ASEP)|-| Papua New Guinea || National Information And Communication Technology Authority (NICTA)|-| Paraguay || Comision Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL)|-| || Organismo Supervisor de Inversión Privada en Telecomunicaciones (OSIPTEL)|-| Philippines || National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)|-| Poland || Prezes Urzędu Komunikacji Elektronicznej (UKE)|-| Portugal || Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM)|-| Puerto Rico || Junta Reglamentadora de Telecomunicaciones de Puero Rico (JRTPR)|-| Qatar || Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA)|-| Romania || National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM)|-| || Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation (Minsvyaz)|-| Rwanda || Regulatory Agency for Public Utility Services of Rwanda (RURA)|-| Saint Kitts and Nevis || National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Saint Kitts and Nevis (NTRC)|-| Saint Lucia || National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Saint Lucia (NTRC)|-| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines || National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (NTRC)|-|| Samoa ||Office of the Regulator of Samoa (Samoa)|-| Saudi Arabia || Communications and Information Technology Commission (Saudi Arabia) (CITC)|-| Senegal || Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications et des Postes (ARTP)|-| Serbia || Republic Agency for Electronic Communication and Postal Services (RATEL)|-| Seychelles || Ministry of Information Technology and Communication (MISD)|-| Sierra Leone || National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM)|-|rowspan="2"| Singapore || Info-communications Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA)|-| Government Technology Agency (GovTech)|-| || Bureau Telecommunications and Post (BTP)|-| || Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic (TR)|-| Slovenia || Agency for communication networks and services of the Republic of Slovenia (AKOS)|-| Somalia || National Communications Authority - NCA (NCA)|-| South Africa || Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)|-| || National Communication Authority (NCA)|-| Spain || Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC)|-| Sri Lanka || Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL)|-| Sudan || Telecommunications and Post Regulatory Authority (TPRA)|-| Suriname || Telecommunications Authority Suriname (TAS)|-| Swaziland || Swaziland Posts & Telecommunications Corporation (SPTC)|-| Sweden || Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (Swedish: Post- och telestyrelsen) (PTS)|-|rowspan="2"| Switzerland || Federal Communications Commission (ComCom)|-| Office fédéral de la communication (OFCOM) |-| || Ministry of Communications and Technology (MCT) |-| || National Communications Commission (NCC)|-| Tajikistan || Ministry of Transport and Communications (https://archive.today/20140130174509/http://www.investin.info/country/tajikistan/ministry-of-transportation-and-communications-of-republic-of-tajikistan/)(http://www.tajik-gateway.org/index.phtml?lang=en&id=920)|-| || Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA)|-| Thailand || National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC)|-| Togo || Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP)|-| Tonga || Ministry for Information and Communications of Tonga (MIC)|-| Trinidad and Tobago || Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT)|-| Turkmenistan || Turkmenistan Ministry of Communications (MC)|-| Turks and Caicos Islands || Telecommunications Commission (TCITC)|-| Tunisia || Instance Nationale des Télécommunications de Tunisie (INTT)|-| Turkey || Information And Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA)|-| Uganda || Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)|-| Ukraine || National Commission for the State Regulation of Communications and Informatization (NCCIR)|-| United Arab Emirates || Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA)|-| United Kingdom || Ofcom (OFCOM)|-| United States || Federal Communications Commission (FCC)|-| Uruguay || Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Telecomunicaciones (URSEC)|-| Uzbekistan || The State Inspection for control in the field of informatization and telecommunication of the Republic of Uzbekistan (ATKRV)|-| Vanuatu || Telecommunications Radiocommunications and Broadcasting Regulator (TRBR)|-| || Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL)|-| || Vietnam Telecommunication Authority (VNTA)|-| Zambia || Zambia Information & Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA)|-| Zimbabwe || Postal & Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (POTRAZ)|}

International

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ITU Information and Communication Technology. indicators. www.itu.int.
  2. National Telecommunications Regulatory Authorities (NRAs), (source: OFCOM)http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/telecoms/groups/international-links/nras
  3. Web site: List of African Telecommunications Regulators, telecom authorities and ministries. www.africantelecomsnews.com. 2014-02-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20140201231837/http://www.africantelecomsnews.com/Operators_Regulators/List_of_African_telecommunications_regulators.shtml#Equatorial. 2014-02-01. dead.
  4. Web site: No page. www.africantelecomsnews.com. 2014-02-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20140201233925/http://www.africantelecomsnews.com/fr/Operators_Regulators/List_of_African_telecommunications_regulators.shtml. 2014-02-01. dead.
  5. Web site: Middle East Telecommunications Regulators List :: Middle East telecommunications regulators. www.africantelecomsnews.com. 2019-06-27.
  6. Web site: Regulatory Authorities for Telecommunication, Post and Broadcast. www.knietzsch.com.
  7. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/oiahome/related04.html Related International Organizations, links provided by NTIA
  8. Web site: Cellular News - Regulators. 2007-02-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20070220075946/http://www.cellular-news.com/regulator/. 2007-02-20. dead.
  9. Les Aspects Juridiques et Institutionnels de la Réglementation Module 6, Kit d’aide sur la réglementation des TIC Web site: Archived copy . 2014-02-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131213062453/http://www.ictregulationtoolkit.org/Documents/Document/Document/3387 . 2013-12-13 .
  10. Sites des régulateurs de l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre, Liste des sites web des organes de régulation des télécommunications et des médias de l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre http://www.cipaco.org/spip.php?article100&lang=fr/
  11. Web site: Telecom Authority - MCXess . 2022-05-30 . en-GB.