communications regulation state agency of the department of communications energy and natural resources overview formed 1 december 2002 2002 12 01 preceding state agency of the department of communications energy and natural resources office of telecommunications regulation jurisdiction ireland headquarters block def abbey court irish life centre dublin 1 state agency of the department of communications energy and natural resources executives gerry fahy commissioner jeremy godfrey commissioner kevin o brien commissioner key document communications regulation act 2002 website comreg website the commission for communications regulation comreg irish an coimisi n um rial il cumars ide is the general communications regulator for ireland covering almost all possible types of communications . founded on 1 december 2002 comreg took over from the office of the director of telecommunications regulation odtr amongst other bodies . the odtr was established in 1997 to take over the licensing and regulatory functions of the minister for transport energy and communication which related primarily to broadcasting and communications . the first and only director of telecommunications regulation was etain doyle who was subsequently appointed chairperson of comreg on its establishment . under the communications regulation act 2002 1 the minister for communications marine and natural resources appoints the chairperson and up to two other commissioners of comreg . currently the commissioners are gerry fahy jeremy godfrey and kevin o brien 2 sectors regulated by comreg include post telecoms internet cable television terrestrial television radio and domain name under the communications regulation act 2002 no. 20 of 2002 s.i. no. 510 of 2002 communications regulation act 2002 establishment day order 2002 and other acts . for a full list of legislation underpinning comreg s responsibilities . 3 comreg set prices allocate frequencies and issue licenses to those involved in these sectors and provides statistical data consumer product price comparisons to assist consumers in achieving value for money on a fair basis . in relation to terrestrial television and radio the commission acts in conjunction with the broadcasting authority of ireland . after the enactment of the broadcasting act 2009 rt and tg4 authorities were disbanded and now come under the broadcasting authority of ireland s remit . comreg is also tasked with enforcing wireless telegraphy legislation in particular the wireless telegraphy act 1926 in relation to use of the radio spectrum which includes actions against pirate radio stations distributors of mobile phone repeaters and other unlicensed users of radio spectrum . in september 2004 comreg launched their consumer driven website askcomreg.i.e . since then it has added comstat.ie 4 to provide market communications industry statistics to industry and academia and callcosts.ie 5 which provides the tariff models of all telecoms products for consumers to compare product prices and make the best choices for themselves . see also edit communications in ireland references edit 1 archived april 26 2005 at the wayback machine . comre.ie . comreg.ie . 2013 05 09 . retrieved 2013 10 12 . legislation comreg . comreg.ie . retrieved 2013 10 12 . comstat.ie . comstat.ie . retrieved 2013 10 12 . callcosts.ie . callcosts.ie . retrieved 2013 10 12 . external links edit official website askcomreg comreg s consumer website callcosts comreg s consumer operator tariff comparison website comregstat comreg s industry statistics website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title commission for communications regulation & oldid 698923127 categories communications authoritiesgovernment agencies of the republic of irelandmedia in the republic of irelandcommunications in the republic of irelandtelecommunications in the republic of irelanddepartment of communications energy and natural resourceshidden categories articles with wayback machine linksarticles containing irish language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 january 2016 at 02 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view