Communications Regulatory Authority
Communications Regulatory Authority
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Complaints filed through the info@agcom.it e-mail address underwent an<br />
extensive content analysis, and were simply filed by subject and party involved. Several<br />
thousands of complaints arrived through this route each month.<br />
Complaints most frequently involved the following subjects: ADSL lines, with special<br />
reference to the poorness of resources in some areas of the national territory, the mobile<br />
number portability service, mostly in connection with delays in the provision of service,<br />
inquiries on the methods to register in the Register of <strong>Communications</strong> Operators and<br />
on the way the Media and <strong>Communications</strong> Industry Database works, reports of<br />
unwanted service activation, inquiries on the new numbering system, and requests for<br />
explanations as to Internet connections made without the user’s being aware of them.<br />
Nearly 5% of e-mails which were taken into account dealt with the protection of<br />
children’s rights and significantly helped AGCOM carry out its children protection<br />
action. More recently, besides involving television programmes, complaints relating to<br />
children protection also concerned the use of mobile phones by children, with special<br />
reference to problems related to the supply of some extra-charge mobile services whose<br />
content is not appropriate for children though it can be easily accessed by them.<br />
Within the scope of its remit Urp also kept constant relations with consumer<br />
associations and established relations with third parties while promoting the<br />
“Tecnologie, prodotti e caratteristiche dei servizi di telecomunicazione”<br />
(Telecommunications service technologies, products and features) seminar, held in<br />
Rome (15-17 June 2005) by AGCOM and addressed to representatives of national<br />
consumer associations. Urp also worked jointly with Business International in order to<br />
arrange two round tables with AGCOM on these subjects: “Il futuro del mercato delle<br />
telecomunicazioni nella nuova era della convergenza” (the future of the<br />
telecommunications market in the new convergence age), held in Rome at the Esedra<br />
Hotel on 30 September 2005, and “La rivoluzione digitale nella nuova era della<br />
convergenza” (the digital revolution in the new convergence age), held in Rome at the<br />
Westin Excelsior Hotel on 19 December 2005.<br />
2.12. JURISDICTIONAL PROTECTION<br />
In the period between 1 May 2005 and 30 April 2006 160 jurisdictional appeals<br />
were lodged with the Lazio region Administrative Court (TAR) against measures taken<br />
by AGCOM. Of these, 19 cases involved telecommunications, 13 cases involved equal<br />
access to mass media (the so-called “par condicio”), 4 cases concerned organisational<br />
matters, 16 cases had to do with staff matters, and 108 cases involved audiovisual<br />
matters.<br />
Moreover, 103 precautionary petitions were filed, 90 of which were heard, while<br />
hearings relating to the remaining cases were postponed to the merit. At a precautionary<br />
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