Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni
Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM) (English: Authority for Communications Guarantees) is the regulator and competition authority for the communication industries in Italy.
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| Abbreviation | AGCOM |
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| 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 |
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Region served | Italy |
| Website | www.agcom.it |
Administrative leadership
The 4 members of Agcom board are elected by the Parliament (2 by the Senate, 2 by the 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).
gollark: Big companies are weirdly insensitive to cost a lot of the time, but not enough that they'll just buy *anything*.
gollark: If they're buying a giant amount of cards they won't also want to buy insanely expensive ones.
gollark: No, they'll probably still care about money.
gollark: Most people care about performance per $ because few people can just wildly throw money at things.
gollark: To be fair, many workstation cards have overinflated prices.
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