The Office of Communications (Ofcom) is the UK's communications regulator.
This independent regulator is competent both for television, radio and television services, but also for the post office.
In addition, there are very diverse missions, such as not only the allocation of licenses but also data protection or public policies of diversity and equality.
We can consider that these are the broadest competences that can be conferred on a regulator with regard to "communication" activities1On the website : "We regulate the TV, radio and video on demand sectors, fixed line telecoms, mobiles, postal services, plus the airwaves over which wireless devices operate.".