Agencia de Regulacion y Control de las Telecomunicaciones, also known as Arcotel Ecuador, is a state-owned entity based in Ecuador. Founded in 2015, the agency operates with an estimated 210 employees. It functions as the technical regulatory and oversight body for the telecommunications sector in Ecuador, established under the Organic Law of Telecommunications as an attached agency of MINTEL. Headquartered in Quito, it handles the operational execution of state communication policies. Arcotel Ecuador operates as a technical authority responsible for managing the national radio-electric spectrum, granting operating licences, and ensuring market competition among internet providers, mobile carriers, and subscription television networks. The agency also monitors corporate compliance with quality-of-service metrics, maintains the Public Telecommunications Registry, and enforces universal access mandates to expand digital connectivity into underserved rural regions.