Telecom-Control-Commission

The Telekom-Control Commission (TKK) has been responsible for regulating the Austrian telecommunications market since 1997. The tasks and responsibilities of this regulatory authority, which is not bound by instructions from any other body, are specified in the Austrian Telecommunications Act of 2003. Among other things, the TKK is in charge of competition regulation, frequency assignment procedures, the approval of general terms and conditions of business, as well as monitoring the fees charged by telecommunications companies. Another important duty assigned to the TKK is its role as the supervisory authority for electronic signatures.

RTR's Telecommunications and Postal Services Division provides operational support for the TKK. This commission comprises three main members and three alternate members, each of whom is appointed by the Austrian federal government for a term of five years. The TKK is chaired by Elfriede Solé, a judge at the Austrian Supreme Court of Justice.