# AGCOM

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Italian government agency

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Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni The business center where the authority is based Abbreviation AGCOM Formation July 31, 1997 Legal status Created by law 249 of July 31, 1997 Purpose Regulator and competition authority for broadcasting, telecommunications and radiocommunications spectrum Headquarters Directional centre, Naples, Italy Location Naples, Rome Region served Italy President Giacomo Lasorella Website agcom.it

**Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni** (English: Italian Communications Regulatory Authority; **AGCOM**) is the [national regulatory agency](/source/National_regulatory_agency) for the [communication](/source/Communication) industries in [Italy](/source/Italy).

## Administrative leadership

The 4 members of Agcom board are elected by the [Parliament](/source/Parliament_of_Italy) (2 by the [Senate](/source/Italian_Senate), 2 by the [Chamber of Deputies](/source/Italian_Chamber_of_Deputies)) and consequently the Parliament establish its powers and define its statutes.

## Responsibilities

The Authority carries out regulatory and supervisory functions in the areas of telecommunications, television, newspapers, and postal services. Functional branch of the authority are the Regional Committees for Communications (Corecom).

## See also

- [List of telecommunications regulatory bodies](/source/List_of_telecommunications_regulatory_bodies)

## References

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.agcom.it/)

- [Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue, on his mission to Italy (11-18 November 2013)](http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RegularSessions/Session26/Documents/A-HRC-26-30-Add3_en.doc) by [United Nations](/source/United_Nations)

- [Giornali gratis su Agcom](https://web.archive.org/web/20120325215210/http://blog.quintarelli.it/blog/2012/03/giornali-gratis-su-agcom.html)

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