This article is a list of the legal regulatory bodies that govern

telecommunications Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that ...

systems in different countries. 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 The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It was established on 17 May 1865 as the International Telegraph Unio ...

(ITU).

By country

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PTS
, - , rowspan="2", , , Federal Communications Commission
ComCom
, - , Office fédéral de la communication
OFCOM
, - , , , Ministry of Communications and Technology
MCT
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National Communications Commission The National Communications Commission (NCC; ) is an independent statutory agency of Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan) responsible for regulating the development of the telecommunication and broadcasting industries, promoting compe ...

NCC
, - , , , Ministry of Transport and Communications

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Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority The Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA), established by the TCRA Act No. 12 of 2003, is an independent Authority for the postal, broadcasting and electronic communications industries in the United Republic of Tanzania. It merged th ...

TCRA
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National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC, th, คณะกรรมการกิจการกระจายเสียง กิจการโทรทัศน์ และกิจการโทรคมนา� ...

NBTC
, - , , , Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes
ARCEP
, - , , , Ministry for Information and Communications of Tonga
MIC
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Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago is the organisation that regulates telecommunications and broadcasting services in Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the ...

TATT
, - , , , Turkmenistan Ministry of Communications
MC
, - , , , Telecommunications Commission
TCITC
, - , , , Instance Nationale des Télécommunications de Tunisie
INTT
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Information And Communication Technologies Authority The Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA) ( tr, Bilgi Teknolojileri ve İletişim Kurumu (BTK)), is a national telecommunications regulatory and inspection authority of Turkey. It was formerly known as the Telecommunications ...

ICTA
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Uganda Communications Commission The Uganda Communications Commission ''(UCC)'' is the government regulatory body of the communications sector in Uganda. Although owned by the Ugandan government, it acts independently. Its mandated responsibilities include licensing, regulatio ...

UCC
, - , , , National Commission for the State Regulation of Communications and Informatization
NCCIR
, - , , , Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
TRA
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Ofcom The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom. Ofcom has wide-ranging powers acros ...

OFCOM
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Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdicti ...

FCC
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CTIA – The Wireless Association CTIA is a trade association representing the wireless communications industry in the United States. The association was established in 1984 and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit membership organization, and repre ...

CTIA
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National Cable & Telecommunications Association NCTA – The Internet & Television Association (formerly the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, and commonly known as the NCTA) is the principal trade association for the U.S. broadband and pay television industries. It represents ...

NCTA
, - , National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (regulators of individual states)
NARUC
, - , , , Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Telecomunicaciones
URSEC
, - , , , The State Inspection for control in the field of informatization and telecommunication of the Republic of Uzbekistan
ATKRV
, - , , , Telecommunications Radiocommunications and Broadcasting Regulator
TRBR
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Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones The National Commission of Telecommunications (Conatel) is an agency of the government of Venezuela that exercises the regulation, supervision and control over telecommunications in Venezuela. History The Telecommunications Act, enacted on June ...

CONATEL
, - , , , Vietnam Telecommunication Authority
VNTA
, - , , , Zambia Information & Communications Technology Authority
ZICTA
, - , , , Postal & Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
POTRAZ

International

* African Telecommunications Union
Caribbean Association of National Telecommunication Organisations
(CANTO)
Caribbean Telecommunications Union
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Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association CTIA is a trade association representing the wireless communications industry in the United States. The association was established in 1984 and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit membership organization, and repre ...

Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority
(ECTEL) *

European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations The European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) was established on June 26, 1959, by nineteen European states in Montreux, Switzerland, as a coordinating body for European state telecommunications and postal ...

International Telecommunications Satellite Organization The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) is an intergovernmental organization charged with overseeing the public service obligations of Intelsat, which was privatized in 2001. It incorporates the principle set forth ...

Notes

References

Cellular News - Regulators.
* National Telecommunications Regulatory Authorities (NRAs), (source: OFCOM

* Indicators Useful Sites and Links (source: ITU

* Websites of regulators in West and Central Africa West and Central African media and telecommunications regulation authorities’ website

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