Swedish Post and Telecom Authority

{{Short description|Swedish regulatory authority for telecommunication}}

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The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority ({{langx|sv|Post- och telestyrelsen}}, abbreviated PTS) is a government authority under the Ministry of Infrastructure (Sweden) and is managed by a board of directors appointed by the Swedish government. The Director-General is the chief executive officer of the organisation. Dan Sjöblom has served as Director General since February 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://pts.se/globalassets/startpage/dokument/icke-legala-dokument/faktablad/ovrigt/eng-om-pts-okt-2018-2.pdf|title=Fact Sheet About PTS}}

It was formed on 1 July 1992 (as {{ill|Telestyrelsen|sv}}) from a split of the regulatory functions of the former state-owned telecommunications operator Televerket ahead of its corporatisation into Telia the following year. The agency adopted its current name on 1 March 1994.

PTS is the sector authority within the field of electronic communications and postal services. Their area of responsibility is to monitor competition and consumer issues in this field; ensuring efficient utilisation of resources and secure communications in mail, telephony, the Internet and radio.{{cite web|title=About|url=http://www.pts.se/en-GB/About-PTS/|publisher=PTS|accessdate=24 July 2014}}