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Iceland

Iceland

Institutional details 2012

Name of Authority
Post and Telecom Administration of Iceland
Year created	n/a
Legal document that created the authority

Reports to	Report to Legislature & Annual report to the Sector Ministry & Report to other Ministry
Does the Regulatory Authority also regulate other public utilities (e.g. electricity, gas, etc.)?
n/a
Is the Regulatory Authority autonomous in its decision making?
Yes
Who approves the budget of the Regulator?
n/a
Indicate the percentage of budget financed from each source:
Award/auction of mobile licence; ; percentage: Award/auction of other licence; ; percentage: Licence fees; ; percentage: Numbering fees; ; percentage: Spectrum fees; ; percentage: Regulatory fees; ; percentage: Fines/penalties; ; percentage: Contributions from regulated telecom operators based on turnover; percentage: ; percentage of operator revenue (turnover):

Structure of the Regulator 2012

Name of the Head of the Regulatory Authority:
Hrafnkell V Gíslason (Director Genaral)
Is it a collegial body?	Yes
Total number of members	5
Is the Head of the commission also responsible for day to day administrative matters?	Yes
Who appoints the Members/Head?
Minister
Period of appointment (years):	n/a
Total number of staff in the Regulatory Authority:	25

Regulatory Functions 2012

R	Licensing
R	Interconnection rates
R	Price Regulation Wholesale
R	Technical standards settings ETSI/ITU
R	Radio frequency allocation
R	Spectrum monitoring and enforcement
R	Numbering
R	Type approval R&TTE
R	Service quality monitoring
R	Universal Service
R	Quality of service standards
R	Enforcement of quality of service obligations
R	Broadcasting
Om	Broadcasting content
R	Information technology
Om	Internet content

Key: M - Sector Ministry
R - Regulatory Authority
Om - Other Ministry or Government body
Op - Operator
O - Other
NR - Not regulated

Recent Legislation 2012

Year	Legislation
2001	Reglur um númeraflutning nr. 401/2001 Rules on number portability.
2000	2000 reglugerð um alþjónustu nr. 641/2000 Regulation on universal service.
2000	2000 reglur um skipulag, úthlutun og notkun númera, númeraraða og vistfanga nr. 832/2000. Rules on numbering.
2000	Reglur um forval og fast forval í talsímanetum nr. 158/2000 Rules on carrier selection and carrier pre-selection
1999	Lög um fjarskipti nr. 107/1999 Law of Telecommunications.
1999	Lög um Póst- og fjarskiptastofnun nr. 110/1999 Law of Post- and Telecom Administration.
1999	Reglugerð um úrskurðanefnd fjarskipta og póstmála nr. 378/1999 Regulation on the Appeal Body for Post and Telecom.
1996	Reglugerð um aðgang að leigulínum nr. 608/1996 Regulation on access to leased lines.
1994	Reglugerð um tíðnisvið fyrir þráðlausa fjarskiptaþjónustu nr. 373/1994 Regulation on spectrum management.
	On-line legislation

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