Office of the Telecommunications Authority

Office of the Telecommunications Authority
Agency overview
電訊管理局
Formed	1 July 1993
Dissolved	1 April 2012
Superseding agency	Office of Communications Authority
Headquarters	Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Employees	320
Annual budget	HK$320.9 million revenue, HK$92.6 million profit
Agency executives	Marion Lai Chan Chi-kuen, Director-General Ha Yung-kuen, Deputy Director-General
Website	www.ofta.gov.hk
Footnotes
Organisation Chart

Office of the Telecommunications Authority or OFTA (Chinese: 電訊管理局) was the executive arm of the Telecommunications Authority in Hong Kong. It was the body responsible for telecommunications regulation (through the Regulatory Affairs Branch), antitrust enforcement (through the Competition Affairs Branch) and allocation of the radio frequency portion of the electromagnetic spectrum (also known as spectrum management, through the Operations Branch). It was also charged with enforcement of laws prohibiting spam (through the Support Branch)^[1] and has five formally constituted advisory committees.^[2] OFTA declares a commitment to be a "transparent" regulator^[3] and operates under legislation entitled the Telecommunications Ordinance, last amended on 6 January 2007.^[4] In the fiscal year 2006-07, the Authority earned a pre-tax profit of HK$92.6 million on revenues of HK$320.9 million; 84 percent of the revenues came from licence fees assessed on the firms it regulates.^[5]

OFTA, Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority and Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority was merged to form Office of Communications Authority on April 1, 2012.

Notes

↑ OFTA Organisation Structure, accessed 2008-08-25.
↑ OFTA Advisory Committees, accessed 2008-08-25.
↑ Office of the Telecommunications Authority website, accessed 2008-08-25.
↑ Chapter 106, Hong Kong Ordinances, Bilingual Laws Information System, 26 June 2008, accessed 2008-08-25.
↑ OFTA Trading Fund Report 2006/07, Financial Results, p. 2, accessed 2008-08-25.

Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (Hong Kong)

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development: Greg So

Subordinate departments	Hong Kong Observatory Innovation and Technology Commission Intellectual Property Department Invest Hong Kong Office of the Communications Authority Office of the Government Chief Information Officer Post Office Radio Television Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices (Overseas)

Predecessors	Trade and Industry Branch Economic Services Branch Recreation and Culture Branch Broadcasting, Culture and Sport Branch Trade and Industry Bureau Economic Services Bureau Commerce and Industry Bureau Information Technology and Broadcasting Bureau Commerce, Industry and Technology Bureau Economic Development and Labour Bureau

Related organisations and statutory bodies	Office of the Telecommunications Authority Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority

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Office of the Telecommunications Authority

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