Foreign communications regulators

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Country	Abbreviation	National Regulatory Authorities	Web site
Afghanistan	ATRA	Afghanistan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority	http://atra.gov.af/
Albania	AKEP	Electronic and Postal Communications Authority	https://www.akep.al/
Algeria	ARPCE	Autorité de Régulation de la Poste et des Télécommunications	http://www.arpt.dz/
Andorra	STA	Servei de Telecomunicacions d'Andorra (Andorra Telecom)	https://www.andorratelecom.ad/
Angola	INACOM	Angola Institute of Communications	https://inacom.gov.ao/ao
Anguilla	PUC	Public Utilities Commission	https://pucanguilla.com/
Antigua	BTNP	Bureau Telecommunicatie & Post (Curaçao)	https://btnp.org/
Argentina	ENACOM	Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones	https://www.enacom.gob.ar/
Armenia	PSRC	Public Services Regulatory Commission	http://psrc.am/en/
Australia	ACMA	Australian Communications and Media Authority	http://www.acma.gov.au/
Austria	RTR	Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications	http://www.rtr.at/
Azerbaijan	MINCOM	Ministry of Communications and High Technologies	http://www.mincom.gov.az/
Bahamas	URCA	Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority	https://www.urcabahamas.bs/
Bahrain	TRA iGA	Telecommunications Regulatory Authority	http://www.tra.org.bh/
Bangladesh	BTRC	Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission	http://www.btrc.gov.bd/
Barbados	FTC	Fair Trading Commission	http://www.ftc.gov.bb/
Belarus	Minsvyazi MPT	Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus	https://www.mpt.gov.by/
Belgium	BIPT / IBPT	Belgian Institute for Postal services and Telecommunications	http://www.bipt.be/
Belize	PUC	Public Utilities Commission	http://www.puc.bz/
Benin	ARCEP	Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et de la Poste	https://www.arcep.fr/
Bhutan	BICMA	Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority	http://www.bicma.gov.bt/
Bolivia	ATT	Autoridad de Regulación y Fiscalización de Telecomunicaciones y Transportes	http://www.att.gob.bo/
Bosnia and Herzegovina	CRA B&H	Communications Regulatory Agency	https://rak.ba/en/
Botswana	BOCRA	Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority	https://www.bocra.org.bw/
Brazil	ANATEL MCTIC	Agência Nacional de Telecomunicacões Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología, Inovações e Comunicações	http://www.anatel.gov.br/
Brunei Darussalam	AITI	Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry	http://www.aiti.gov.bn/
Bulgaria	CRC	Communications Regulation Commission	https://crc.bg/en
Burkina Faso	ARCE / ARTEL	Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques	http://www.artel.bf/
Burundi	ARCT	Agence de Régulation et de Contrôle des Télécommunications	http://www.arct.gov.bi/
Cameroon	ART	Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications	http://www.art.cm/
Cambodia	MPTC TRC TC CP	Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia Telecom Cambodia Cambodia Post	http://www.mptc.gov.kh/
Canada	ISED CRTC	Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission	http://www.crtc.gc.ca/
Cape Verde	ANAC	Agência Nacional de Comunicações	http://www.anac.cv/
Cayman Islands	ICTA OfReg	Information and Communications Technology Authority Cayman Islands Utility Regulation and Competition Office	https://www.ofreg.ky/icta
Central African Rep.	ART	Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications	https://arcep.cf/
Chad	ARCEP / OTRT	Office Tchadien de Régulation des Télécommunications	https://arcep.td/
Chile	SUBTEL	Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones	https://www.subtel.cl/
China	MIIT	Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China	http://english.www.gov.cn/
Colombia	CRC Col	Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones Republica de Colombia	http://www.crcom.gov.co/
Comoros (Islands)	ANRTIC	Autorité Nationale de Régulation des TIC	http://www.anrtic.km/
Congo (Rep.)	ARPCE	Agence de Régulation des Postes et Communications ElectroniquesRepublique du Congo	http://www.arpce.cg/
Costa Rica	SUTEL ARESEP	Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones La Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos	http://www.sutel.go.cr/
Côte d'Ivoire	ARTCI	Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications/TIC	https://www.artci.ci/
Croatia	HAKOM	Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries	http://www.sutel.go.cr/
Cuba	MINCOM	Ministério de Comunicaciones	https://www.mincom.gob.cu/
Cyprus	OCECPR OCERET / GERET	The Office of the Commissioner for Electronic Communications & Postal Regulation	http://www.ocecpr.org.cy/
Czech Repubilc	CTU	Czech Telecommunication Office	https://www.ctu.cz/
Denmark	DBA	Danish Business Authority The Danish Energy Agency	https://ens.dk/
Dominica	ECTEL	Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority	http://ntrc.dm/en/
Dominican Rep.	INDOTEL	Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones	http://www.indotel.org.do/
Ecuador	ARCOTEL	Agencia de Regulación y Control de las Telecomunicaciones	https://www.arcotel.gob.ec/
Egypt	MCIT NTRA	Ministry of Communications and Information Technology National Telecom Regulatory Authority Egypt	http://www.mcit.gov.eg/
El Salvador	SIGET	Superintendencia General de Electricidad y Telecomunicaciones	http://www.siget.gob.sv/
Equatorial Guinea	ORTEL	Órgano Regulador de las Telecomunicaciones	http://www.ortel-ge.org/
Ertirea	EriTel	Communications Department Eritrean Telecommunication Services Corporation	http://www.eritel.com.er/
Estonia	ECA ETRA	Estonian Competition Authority Estonian Technical Regulatory Authority	https://www.tja.ee/
Ethiopia	ETC (ex ETA) MCIT	Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation Ministry of Transportation and Communication	https://www.ethiotelecom.et/
Fiji	TAF FINTEL	Telecommunications Authority of Fiji Fiji International Telecommunications Pte Limited	http://www.taf.org.fj/
Finland	FICORA TRAFICOM	Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency	http://www.ficora.fi/
France	ARCEP	Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes	http://www.arcep.fr/
Gabon	ARCEP (ex ARTEL)	Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes	https://www.arcep.ga/
Gambia	PURA	Public Utilities Regulatory Authority	https://www.pura.gm/
Georgia	GNCC	Georgian National Communications Commission	https://comcom.ge/en/
Germany	BNetzA	Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency)	https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/
Ghana	NCA	National Communications Authority	http://www.nca.org.gh/
Greenland	TELE-POST	Tele-Post
Greece	EETT	Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission	http://www.eett.gr/
Grenada	ECTEL	Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority	http://www.ntrc.vc/
Guatemala	SIT	Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones	http://www.sit.gob.gt/
Guinea	ARPT	Autorité de Régulation des Postes et Télécommunications	https://www.arpt.gov.gn/
Guinea-Bissau	ARN	Autoridade Reguladora Nacional das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação da Guiné-Bissau	https://arn.gw/
Guyana	PUC	Public Utilities Commission	http://www.puc.org.gy/
Haiti	CONATEL	Conseil National des Télécommunications	http://www.conatel.gouv.ht/
Honduras	CONATEL	Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones	http://www.conatel.gob.hn/
Hong Kong, China	OFCA (ex OFTA)	Office of the Communications Authority	http://www.ofta.gov.hk/
Hungary	NMHH	National Media and Infocommunications Authority	http://www.hif.hu/
Iceland	PTA	Post and Telecom Administration in Iceland	http://www.pta.is/
India	DoT TRAI	Department of Telecommunications – Ministry of Communications Telecom Regulatory Authority of India	http://www.trai.gov.in/
Indonesia	BRTI	Indonesian Telecommunication Regulatory Authority	https://www.postel.go.id/
Iran (I.R.)	CRA	Communications Regulatory Authority Ministry of ICT	http://www.cra.ir/
Iraq	CMC	Communications and Media Commission	https://cmc.iq/en/
Ireland	ComReg	Commission for Communications Regulation	http://www.odtr.ie/
Israel	MOC	Ministry of Communications	http://www.moc.gov.il/
Italy	AGCOM	Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni	https://www.agcom.it/
Jamaica	OUR SMA	Office of Utilities Regulation The Spectrum Management Authority	http://www.our.org.jm/
Japan	MIC	Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications	http://www.soumu.go.jp/
Jordan	TRC	Telecommunications Regulatory Commission	http://www.trc.gov.jo/
Kazakhstan	MTC AIC	Ministry of Transport and Communications The Agency for Informatization and Communication	http://www.mtc.gov.kz/
Kenya	CA	Communications Authority of Kenya	https://ca.go.ke/
Kiribati	CCK	Communications Commission of Kiribati	http://www.cck.ki/
Korea (Rep.)	KCC	Korea Communications Commission	http://www.kcc.go.kr/
Kosovo	ARKEP/ RAEPC	Regulatory Authority of Electronic and Postal Communications	http://www.arkep-rks.org/
Kuwait	CITRA	The Communication and Information Technology Regulatory Authority	https://citra.gov.kw/
Kyrgyzstan	MOTC	Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Kyrgyz Republic	http://piumotc.kg/
Laos	MCTPC	Ministry of Communications, Transport, Posts and Construction, Department of Post and Telecommunications	https://www.mpwt.gov.la/en/
Latvia	PUC / SPRK	Public Utilities Commission	https://www.sprk.gov.lv/en
Lebanon	TRA	Telecommunications Regulatory Authority	http://www.tra.gov.lb/
Lesotho	LCA	Lesotho Communications Authority	http://www.lca.org.ls/
Liberia	LTA	Liberia Telecommunications Authority	http://www.lta.gov.lr/
Libya	GPTC	General Post and Telecommunications Company Ministry of Communications and Informatics	http://www.gta.ly/
Liechtenstein	AK	Office for Communications	http://www.ak.llv.li/
Lithuania	RRT	Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania	http://www.rrt.lt/
Luxembourg	ILR (ex ILT)	Institut Luxembourgeois de Régulation	http://www.ilr.lu/
Macao, China	CTT (ex GDTTI)	Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau	http://www.gdtti.gov.mo/
TFYR Macedonia	AEC (AEK)	Agency for electronic communications	http://www.aec.mk/
Madagascar	ARTEC (ex OMERT)	Autorité de Régulation des Technologies de Communication (The Regulatory Authority of Madagascar Communication Technologies)	http://www.omert.mg/
Malawi	MACRA	Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority	http://www.macra.org.mw/
Malaysia	MCMC	Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission	http://www.skmm.gov.my/
Maldives	CAM	Communications Authority of Maldives	http://www.cam.gov.mv/
Mali	AMRTP (ex CRT)	Autorité Malienne de Régulation des Télécommunications/TIC et Postes	http://www.amrtp-mali.org/
Malta	MCA	Malta Communications Authority	http://www.mca.org.mt/
Marshall Islands	NTA	The Marshall Islands National Telecommunications Authority	http://www.ntamar.net/
Mauritania	ARE	Autorité de Régulation	http://www.are.mr/
Mauritius	ICTA	Information and Communication Technologies Authority	http://www.icta.mu/
Mexico	IFT (ex COFETEL)	Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (Federal Telecommunications Institute)	http://www.ift.org.mx/
Micronesia	DTC&I	The Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure	http://www.ict.fm/
Moldova	ANRCETI	Agenţia Naţională pentru Reglementare în Comunicaţii Electronice şi Tehnologia Informaţiei	https://www.anrceti.md/
Monaco		Direction des Communications Electroniques de Monaco	http://www.nic.mc/
Mongolia	CRC	Communications Regulatory Commission of Mongolia	http://crc.gov.mn/en
Montenegro	EKIP (ex AGENTEL)	Agency for Electronic Communications and Postal Services of Montenegro	http://www.ekip.me/
Montserrat	MICA	Montserrat Info-Communication Authority	http://www.mica.ms/
Morocco	ANRT	Agence Nationale de Réglementation des Télécommunications	https://www.anrt.ma/
Mozambique	INCM	Instituto Nacional das Communicações de Moçambique	http://www.incm.gov.mz/
Myanmar	MOTC MPT	Ministry of Transport and Communications Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications	https://www.motc.gov.mm/
Namibia	CRAN (ex NCC)	Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia	https://www.cran.na/
Nauru		Ministry of Telecommunication – The Department of Telecommunications	http://www.naurugov.nr/government/departments/department-of-telecommunications
Nepal	NTA	Nepal Telecommunications Authority	http://www.nta.gov.np/
The Netherlands	ACM	Authority for Consumers and Markets	https://www.acm.nl/nl/
Nicaragua	TELCOR	Instituto Nicaragüense de Telecomunicaciones y Correos	http://www.telcor.gob.ni/
Niger	ARCEP (ex ARM)	Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications et de la Poste	http://www.csc-niger.ne/ https://www.arcep.ne/
Nigeria	NCC	Nigerian Communications Commission	http://www.ncc.gov.ng/
New Zealand	ComCom MBIE	Commerce Commission Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment	http://www.med.govt.nz/
Norway	Nkom (ex NPTA)	Norwegian Communications Authority	https://www.nkom.no/english
Oman	TRA	Telecommunications Regulatory Authority	http://www.tra.gov.om/
Pakistan	PTA	Pakistan Telecommunication Authority	http://www.pta.gov.pk/
Palestine	MTIT	Ministry of Telecom. and Information Technology	https://www.mtit.pna.ps/
Panama	ASEP (ex ERSP)	Autoridad Nacional de los Servicios Públicos	www.asep.gob.pa
Papua New Guinea	NICTA (ex PANGTEL)	National Information and Communications Technology Authority of Papua New Guinea	https://www.nicta.gov.pg/
Paraguay	CONATEL	Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones	http://www.conatel.gov.py/
Peru	OSIPTEL	Organismo Supervisor de Inversión Privada en Telecomunicaciones (Supervisory Agency for Private Investment in Telecommunications)	http://www.osiptel.gob.pe/
Philippines	NTC	National Telecommunications Commission	http://www.ntc.gov.ph/
Poland	UKE	Office of Electronic Communications	http://www.uke.gov.pl/
Portugal	ANACOM (ex ICP)	Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações	http://www.anacom.pt/
Puerto Rico	JRTPR	Junta Reglamentadora de Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico	http://www.jrtpr.pr.gov/
Qatar	CRA MOTC	Communications Regulatory AuthorityMinistry of Transport and Communications	https://www.motc.gov.qa/en
Russian Federation	Minsvyaz	Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation	http://www.minsvyaz.ru/
Rwanda	RURA	Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority	https://rura.rw/index.php?id=23
Samoa		Office of the Regulator	https://mcit.gov.ws/
Saudi Arabia	CITC (ex SCC)	Communications and Information Technology Commission	http://www.citc.gov.sa/
Senegal	ARTP	Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications et des Postes	https://www.artpsenegal.net/
Serbia	RATEL	Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Postal Services	http://www.ratel.rs/
Seychelles	MITC – ICT	Department of Information Communications Technology Seychelles Government	http://www.misd.gov.sc/ http://www.ict.gov.sc/
Sierra Leone	NATCOM	National Telecommunications Commission	https://www.natcom.gov.sl/
Singapore	IMDA (ex iDA)	Info-communications Media Development Authority	https://www.imda.gov.sg/
Slovakia	RÚ (Teleoff)	Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Postal Services	www.teleoff.gov.sk
Slovenia	AKOS (ex APEK)	Agency for Communication Networks and Services of the Republic of Slovenia	https://www.akos-rs.si/
Somalia	MPC	Ministry of Posts and Communication	http://www.mptt.gov.so/eng/
South Africa	ICASA	Independent Communications Authority of South Africa	http://www.icasa.org.za/
South Sudan	MOTPS	Ministry of Telecommunication and Postal Services	http://www.motps.goss.org/
Spain	CNMC (ex CMT)	Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia	http://www.cmt.es/
Sri Lanka	TRCSL	Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka	http://www.trc.gov.lk/
St. Lucia	NTRC	National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission	http://www.ntrc.org.lc/
St. Maarten	BTP	Bureau Telecommunications and Post St. Maarten	https://www.sxmregulator.sx/
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	NTRC ECTEL	National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission	https://www.ntrcslu.lc/ https://www.ectel.int/
Sudan	NTC	National Telecommunication Corporation	http://www.ntc.org.sd/
Suriname	TAS TELESUR	Telecommunicatie Autoriteit Suriname	http://www.telesur.sr/
Swaziland	SPTC (EPTC)	Swaziland Posts and Telecommunications Corporation	http://www.swazi.net/
Sweden	PTS	Swedish Post and Telecom Authority	http://www.pts.se/
Switzerland	ComCom OFCOM (BAKOM)	Commission fédérale de la communication ComCom Office fédéral de la communication	http://www.bakom.ch/
Syria	MCT	Ministry of Communication and Technology	http://www.moct.gov.sy/index.php?newlang=eng
Taiwan, Province of China	NCC	National Communications Commission	https://www.ncc.gov.tw/english/
Tajikistan		Ministry of Transport and Communcations of the Republic of Takijistan	https://www.mintrans.tj/en
Tanzania	TCRA	Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority	http://www.tcra.go.tz/
Thailand	NBTC (ex NTC)	National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission	https://www.nbtc.go.th/
Togo	ART&P	Autorité de Réglementation des secteurs de Postes et Télécommunications	http://www.haactogo.tg/
Tonga	PMO	Department of Communications (Prime Minister's Office)	http://www.pmo.gov.to/
Trinidad & Tobago	TATT	Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago	http://www.tatt.org.tt/
Tunisia	INTT ANF	Instance Nationale des Télécommunications Agence Nationale des Fréquences	http://www.intt.tn/
Turkey	ICTA BTK	Information and Communication Technologies Authority	http://www.tk.gov.tr/
Turkmenistan		Ministry of Communications	http://tdh.gov.tm/
Tuvalu	TTC	Ministry of Works Communications and Transport Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation	http://www.tuvaluislands.com/
Uganda	UCC	Uganda Communications Commission	http://www.ucc.co.ug/
Ukraine	NCCIR	National Commission for the State Regulation of Communications and Informatization	https://nkrzi.gov.ua/
United Arab Emirates (UAE)	TRA	Telecommunications Regulatory Authority	https://www.tra.gov.ae/
United Kingdom	Ofcom	Ofcom	http://www.ofcom.org.uk/
United States	FCC NTIA	Federal Communications Commission CTIA National Telecommunications & Information Administration	http://www.fcc.gov/
Uruguay	URSEC (ex ANTEL)	Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Comunicaciones	http://www.ursec.gub.uy/
Uzbekistan	MiTC	Ministry for Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan	http://www.aci.uz/
Vanuatu	TRBR (ex TRR)	Telecommunications Radiocommunications and Broadcasting Regulator	https://www.trr.vu/en/
Venezuela	CONATEL	Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones	http://www.conatel.gob.ve/
Viet Nam	VNNIC MIC	Vietnam Internet Network Information Center Ministry of Information and Communications	http://www.mpt.gov.vn/
Yemen	MTIT	Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology	http://www.mtit.gov.ye/
Zambia	ZICTA (ex CAZ)	Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority	http://www.zicta.zm/
Zimbabwe	POTRAZ	Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe	http://www.potraz.gov.zw/

Source: ITU; https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/links/nta.aspx