ANACOM is the regulator, supervisor and representantive of the communications sector in Portugal.
Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM) is the new designation of the Instituto das Comunicações de Portugal, after the publication of the new statutes in 6 of January of 2002.
The publication on 7 December of Decree-Law no.309/2001 aims, above all, to join in one single legal text various responsibilities heretofore contained in separate measures, due to the transposition of the “acquis communautaire” that has imposed new and additional duties on national regulatory authorities over the course of the past decade, which has in turn witnessed preparation for consolidation and, particularly, liberalisation of the telecommunications sector.
