FINAL REPORT - Stakeholders - Ofcom

National Regulatory Authority
for telecommunications
service using radio spectrum
B Belgian Institute for Postal Services
and Telecommunications (BIPT).
DK Telestyrelsen (National IT and
Telecommunications Agency –
NTA).
D Regulatory Authority for
Telecommunications and Post
(RegTP)
EL National Telecommunications and
Posts Commission (EETT)
E Secretaría de Estado de
Telecomunicaciones y para la
Sociedad de la Información (SETSI),
a unit of the Ministry of Science and
Technology
Other Organisations involved in Notes
licensing services, spectrum or
networks
Minister of Communications and Infrastructure The Minister is responsible for political matters. BIPT is, inter alia, responsible for management
The Information Technology (IT) Department
of the Ministry of Research and Information
Technology.
Federal Ministry of Economics and
Technology
Ministry of Transport and Communications
(MTC)
Ministry of Economic Affairs Comisión del
Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones (CMT)
and control of licensing, frequencies and the numbering plan
NTA is a government Agency under the Ministry of Research and Information Technology
Fees and charges are set by the Minister for Economics and Technology in consultation with
other government departments.
The Ministry has the exclusive competence for strategy as regards the telecommunications
sector and to introduce legislation. However, the competent authority for the regulation and
supervision of the telecommunications market is by law EETT, which is the appointed
independent regulatory authority for
telecommunications. EETT is also the competent authority for the
award of the individual licences, allocation of radio
frequencies, management and supervision of the spectrum use.
SETSI is responsible for policy making and issuing both telecommunications and radio
spectrum licences. CMT arbitrates in disputes between network operators and service
providers, advises SETSI on tariffs and regulatory proposals and deals with applications for
telecommunications service licences. CMT may also issue licenses when scarcity is not an
issue. The Ministry of Economic Affairs is responsible for supervision of CMT.
F Ministry of Telecommunications Agence National des Fréquences (ANFR) Ministry issues public telecommunication licences and is responsible for determining frequency
fees. ART is responsible for other licensing activities, including licensing of private networks.
Autorité de Régulation des
Télécommunications (ART)
ANFR is responsible for planning, managing and monitoring spectrum use.
IRL Commission for Communications Department of Communications, Marine & The Department is responsible for telecommunications and radio spectrum regulatory policy.
Regulation (COMREG)
Natural Resources
COMREG is responsible for licensing and enforcement activities.
I Communications Authority (AGCOM Ministry of Communications AGCOM is responsible for frequency planning and defines licensing procedures. The Ministry
- Autorità per le Garanzie nelle
Comunicazioni).
assigns frequencies to operators and grants radio spectrum licences.
L Luxembourg Institute of Regulation Ministry of Communications The Ministry is responsible for telecommunications policy and for final granting of licences after
(ILR)
analysis of applications by ILR. ILR is responsible for regulation of the telecommunications,
electricity, postal and gas services. It replaced the former Luxembourg Institute of
Telecommunications under new legislation in July 2000. ILR is a financially and administratively
independent authority under the supervision of the Ministry of Communications.
NL Ministry of Transport, Public Works Radiocommunications Agency (Rijksdienst DGPT is responsible for policy matters
& Water Management (Directorate voor Radiocommunicatie - RDR)
General of Telecommunications & Onafhankelijke Post en Telecommunicatie RDR is part of the Transport and Water Management Inspectorate and is responsible for
Posts - DGPT)
Autoriteit (OPTA)
implementation of radio spectrum policy and licensing
OPTA is responsible for competition and fair trading matters.
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