Italy

The current Ministry of Communications framework (previously Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications), in layman's terms, stems from the reshaping of its central administration eadquarters, then self-governing, into a public, economic body. Later on, it became a joint stock company called Poste Italiane, arising from the Ministry renewal, under the Act ( 29th January ) 1994 No. 71, as well as according to a suitable reorganization in telecommunications field by means of the Act ( 29th January ) 1992 No. 58. By this, tasks concerning telecommunications and telephone services were moved from State direct running to State holdings fields ( redefined by a fresh company structure as Italian Telecom in summer 1994 ) and actually widely liberalized.