Online Resources from European Telecommunications Regulators

[Updated June 2008]

Annual Report

Indicators and statistics

Austria

Autrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications

http://ww.rtr.at

Telecommunications Act 2003

Report 2006 (pdf)

Data published under the Communications Survey Ordinance (KEV)

RTR Telekom Monitor Q1/2008

RTR Telekom Monitor Q4/2007

Belgium

BIPT Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecomm

http://www.bipt.be/en

Annual Report 2006 BIPT statistics regarding the evolution of the electronic communications

Commission recommendation on relevant market

Bulgaria
Communication Regulation Commission

http://www.crc.bg/

Telecommunication Act

Annual Report 2005

Cyprus

Office of the Commissioner of Electronic Communications and Postal Regulation OCECPR

http://www.ocecpr.org.cy

OCECPR Annual Report 2006 - ZIP format (zip)

The Regulation of Electronic Communications and Postal Services Law of 2004 (doc)

Statistical Data for the Sector of Electronic Communications for 2005 (doc)
Czech Republic

Czech Telecommunications Office

http://www.ctu.cz/

Ctu Act (pdf)

Annual Report 2005 (pdf)

Denmark

National IT and Telecom Agency

http://en.itst.dk/

Annual financial reports and general report reviews (in Danish) Statistics

Key figures 2007

Market analysis

Estonia
Estonian National Communications Board

http://www.sa.ee/

Estonian Competition Authority

http://www.konkurentsiamet.ee/

Annual Report of Postal Market (year 2006)
Finland

Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA)

http://www.ficora.fi/en/index.html

Annual report 2007
Communication market in 2010
France

Autorité de Régulation des Communications électroniques et des Postes  ARCEP

http://www.arcep.fr

Arcep annual report 2006-eng.zip

Telecommunications Act of 26 July 1996 (rtf)

Market Observatories 2007

4th Quarter 2007

3rd Quarter 2007

2nd Quarter 2007

1st Quarter 2007

Germany

Federal Network Agency

http://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/enid/

Annual Report 2006 (pdf, 3646 kb) Telecom and postal services market 1999 (pdf)
Greece

National Telecommunications and Post Commission

http://www.eett.gr/EETT_EN

Annual Report 2006: Market Overview

Annual Report 2006

European Commissions Report- electronic communication market
Hungary
National Communications Authority, Hungary CAH

http://www.hif.hu

Act 100 Electronic Communications Act 2003 Regulatory Strategy

Quarterly aggregated data

Iceland

Post and Telecom Administration in Iceland

http://www.pta.is

Act on the Post and Tele­com Administration, No. 69, 24 March 2003

A new Act No. 172, 20 December 2006,  on an amendment on the Act on the Post and Telecom Administration entered into force on January 1st. 2007
Act No 172/2006 (in Icelandic)

Annual report 2006 (pdf)

Data collection 2006 (pdf)

Ireland

Commission for Communications Regulation

http://www.comreg.ie/

Annual Reports 2005 - 2006

Communications Regulation Act, 2002 (No. 20 of 2002)

Market information
Italy

Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni

http://www.agcom.it/

Annual Report 2006

legge 31 luglio 1997, n. 249 istitutiva dell’Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni

Market Analysis
Latvia

Public Utilities Commission
http://www.sprk.gov.lv/

Law on regulation on public utilities commission

Annual Report 2006

Liechtenstein

Amt für Kommunikation

http://www.ak.llv.li/

Datenerhebung 2006 (excel)
Lithuania
Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania - RRT

http://www.rrt.lt/

Law on Electronic Communications

Law on Electronic signature

Lithuanian Communications Sector 2007
Luxembourg

Institut Luxembourgeois de Régulation

http://www.ilr.etat.lu/

Rapport annuel 2006 (pdf)

Loi du 30 mai 2005 (pdf) sur les réseaux et les services de communications électroniques.

Loi du 21 mars 1997 sur les télécommunications (Version coordonnée et informelle) modifiée par

Loi du 21 décembre 1998 concernant le budget des recettes et dépenses de l’Etat pour l’exercice 1999

Loi du 24 juillet 2000 relative à l’organisation du marché de l’électricité

Loi du 17 juillet 2001 portant modification de la loi modifiée du 21 mars 1997 sur les télécommunications

Rapport statistique Secteur télécommunications Année 2006

European Electronic Communications Regulation and Markets 2007 (13th report)

Republic of Macedonia (Former Yugoslav)

Agency for Electronic Communications of the Republic of Macedonia

http://www.aec.mk/

Law on electronic communications

Basic statute of the Agency for electronic communications of the Republic of Macedonia (pdf)

Malta

Malta Communications Authority

http://www.mca.org.mt/

Chapter 418: Malta Communications Authority Act
Netherlands

OPTA

http://www.opta.nl

Annual report and market monitor 2007

Telecommunicatiewet 1998 (pdf)

Presentation of the analyst meeting of January 23rd 2008
Norway

Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority

http://www.npt.no

The Postal Service Act

The Electronic Communications Act

The Electronic Signatures Act

The Norwegian Telecom Marked 3rd qtr 2006 (pdf)

The Norwegian Electronic Communications market 1st half 2007 (pdf)

Poland
Office of Electronic Communications -UKE

http://www.en.uke.gov.pl

Annual Report 2006 Raport on the Telecommunications Market in 2006
Portugal

Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações

http://www.anacom.pt/

Relatório de 2006 Anuários Estatísticos

Relatórios trimestrais

Romania
Autoritatea Nationala pentru Reglementare in Comunicatii si Tehnologia Informatiei

http://www.anrcti.ro

Law 510/2004 (pdf) Half-yearly reports on the electronic communications sector

Market studies carried out by ANRCTI

San Marino

Segreteria di Stato per l’Industria, l’Artigianato, la Cooperazione economica, le Poste e le Telecomunicazione

Slovakia
Telecommunications Office of the Slovak Republic

http://www.teleoff.gov.sk/sk/index.html

Act on Electronic Communications

National Policy on Electronic Communications (pdf)

Slovenia

Ministry of Transport and Communications

http://www.sigor.si/mpz

Spain

Comisión del mercado de las telecomunicaciones

http://www.cmt.es

LEY 32/2003, de 3 de noviembre, General de Telecomunicaciones.

Annual Report 2006

Industry Statistics IV Quarter 2007

Industry Statistics III Quarter 2007

Sweden

The Swedish Post and Telecom Agency (PTS)

http://www.pts.se

The Electronic Communications Act  2003:389

The Postal Services Act 1993 (pdf)

The Postal Services Ordinance 1993 (pdf)

The Swedish telecommunications market first half year 2007
Switzerland

Commission fédérale de la communication/Office fédéral de la communication

http://www.ofcom.admin.ch

Telecommunications Law (SR 784.10, available in German, French and Italian)

Radio and Television Law (in German, French and Italian only)

Annual report 2007 (pdf)

Statistics 2005 (pdf)
Indicators for the Information Society in Switzerland (Swiss Federal Statistical Office; in German and French)

The Telecommunications Market in Switzerland

United Kingdom

Office of Communications

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/

Office of Communications Act 2002

Data protection act 1998

Freedom of Information Act 2000

Ofcom Annual Report 2007 - 08

Ofcom Annual Plan 2008-09

The Nations & Regions Communications Market 2008 (May)

Telecoms Data Updates

Vatican City State

Post and Telegraph Service and the Telephone Service¿?

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Candidate countries

Croatia

Croatian telecommunications Agency - CTA

http://www.telekom.hr

Statute of the CTA

Republic of Macedonia (Former Yugoslav)

Agency for Electronic Communications of the Republic of Macedonia

http://www.aec.mk/

Law on electronic communications

Basic statute of the Agency for electronic communications of the Republic of Macedonia (pdf)

Turkey

Telekomunikasyon Kurumu

http://www.tk.gov.tr/

Annual Report 2006 (pdf)

Previous reports from 2001

Online Laws And Regulations

Work plan 2008

Work Plan 2007 (pdf)

Additional Resources:

What Regulatory Paradigm for IP-enabled NGNs?, PPT, by Jaroslaw Ponder, 10 April 2006, presented at the 1st Southeastern Europe Broadband 2006 Conference & Expo (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro)

Liberalization Process in Central and Eastern Europe: Challenges for the Future, by Jaroslaw Ponder, 14 October 2005, presented at the 11th EATA International Conference on Networking Entities, NETTIES 2005 (St. Pölten, Austria)

Mobile Overtakes Fixed: What Happens Next?, by Robert Shaw, 9-11 September 2003, presented at the Seminar on Economic and Market Analysis for Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC) and Baltic States (Prague, Czech Republic)

The Impact of New Technologies such as Broadband and VoIP on Telecommunication Markets, by Robert Shaw, 9-11 September 2003, presented at the Seminar on Economic and Market Analysis for Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC) and Baltic States (Prague, Czech Republic)

Telecommunications Regulations: Institutional Structures, Responsibilities and the European Experience, by Petros Andreadis-Vallindas (2002)

Centre Tesnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya

Verikoukis, C.; Konstas, I.; Anastasiadou, D.; Angelidis, P. “Overview on Telecommunications Regulation Framework in South-Eastern Europe” in Journal Telecommunications Systems, Springer 32 (2-3): 209-221, July 2006

International telecommunication Union (ITU)

Regulatory Challenges of Voice over IP Telephony: Analysis for Selected South and Eastern European Countries (January 2007)

European Radiocommunications Office

Independent Regulators Group (IRG)

European Ragulators Group

European Telecommunications Standards Institute

UMTS Forum

European Broadcasting Union

European Commission

Antimonopoly Office of the SR

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