Country |
Regulator |
Created |
Reports to |
Financed by |
Argentina |
Comisión Nacional de Comunicaciones |
Decree N1626. Began 1996. |
Minister of Infrastructure |
Fees from regulated companies |
Bolivia |
Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones |
Law 1600 (Ley SIRESE) of 1994. Began 1995. |
Ministry of Economic Development |
Regulatory fees from operators |
Belize |
Office of Telecommunications |
Began 1988. |
Ministry of Utilities, Transport & Communication |
Government appropriation |
Brazil |
Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações |
Telecommunication Law of 1997. Began 1997. |
Independent, but linked to the Ministry |
Government appropriation, licence and spectrum. |
Canada |
Canadian Radio-television and Telecom Commission |
1968 Broadcast Act and 1976 CRTC Act. |
Parliament through the Minister of Heritage |
Government appropriation |
Colombia |
Comisión de Regulación de Telecomunicaciones |
Law 142. Began 1994. |
Head of state |
Fees from regulated companies |
Costa Rica |
Autoridad Reguladora de Servicios Públicos |
Law 7593 of 1996. |
Legislative Assembly |
Fees, government appropriation. |
Dominican Republic |
Instituto Dominicano de Telecomunicaciones |
General Telecommunication Law Nro. 153-98. 1998 |
Independent with oversight of Contraloría General de la República |
Percentage of CDT; spectrum and license fees, government appropriation. |
Ecuador |
Consejo Nacional de Telecomunicaciones |
1995 Special Telecom Reform Law. Began 1995. |
Head of state |
Licence and spectrum fees |
El Salvador |
Superintendencia General de Electricidad y Telecom |
Siget Law, Decree 808, October 1995. |
Ministry of Economy |
License and spectrum fees and other sources |
Guatemala |
Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones |
1996 General Telecom Law. Began 1996. |
Ministry of Communic., Transp. and Public Works |
Spectrum fees |
Guyana |
National Frequency Management Unit |
Telecommunications Act 1990. Began 1992. |
Independent |
License fees |