The Management Committee comprises the Executive Chairman, the Head of each unit of the Authority and the personal assistant to the Executive Chairman, who acts as secretary to the Committee. The Committee is responsible for the execution of the Authority's day–to–day functions. It meets on a weekly basis to review on-going activities, agree on actions to be taken by the Authority and approve draft decisions prior to presentation to the Authority's Board for approval.
Policy & Planning Unit
The Policy and Planning Unit serves as a focal point for the MCA's policy development and review and ensures coordination of this role with strategic and business planning as well as regular performance reviews. The Policy and Planning unit is headed by Mr. Patrick Vella.
Operations Unit
The Operations group is responsible for regulatory policy and compliance and is headed by Mr. Ian Agius. This includes, competition and markets, numbering, regulatory accounting, universal service and day-to-day issues concerning pricing and the regulation of the market such as interconnection and access, dispute resolution and unbundling of the local loop.
This group has responsibility for the regulatory financial aspects of the respective sectors. The unit is responsible for managing the general authorisation and licensing regimes for the electronic communications and postal sectors and monitors compliance with general authorisation conditions.
Technology and Spectrum Management Unit
Headed by Ing. Helga Pizzuto, the Technology and Spectrum Management Unit is responsible for technical implementation of regulatory decisions. It advises the MCA on issues related to new technologies, technology standards and development of new electronic communications services. The unit also handles spectrum management, assignment and monitoring. It implements the national EMF Audit programme and performs interference testing.
External Relations Unit
The External Relations Unit coordinates interactions with external entities and international institutions – including the institutions of the European Union, in particular the European Commission. It is also responsible for communications, consumer affairs and eCommerce and is headed by Ms. Celia Falzon. The MCA operates in a challenging fast moving European and international environment, which requires harmonised approaches to regulation that stimulate competitiveness so that innovation, creativity and competition can thrive. The MCA manages and develops Malta's regulatory input into the progress of European and international policy, standards and legislation governing the respective sectors through the External Relations Unit. It is this local and international liaison that provides the basis whereby the respective sectors can develop in an open and competitive environment. Our active cooperation at international level also underpins the continued development of the communications sector in Malta. The group ensures effective and efficient liaison with external entities, both local and foreign NRAs and other organisations. In addition, the Unit is responsible for external communications including consumer protection, customer care and media relations as well as eCommerce and electronic signatures. This unit is also responsible for the information society services arm of the Authority, which focuses primarily on implementing strategies and initiatives aimed at minimising the digital divide and proliferating the use of information and communications technologies amongst private citizens and businesses.
Legal Affairs Unit
The Legal Affairs Group provides advice on legal issues that relate to the various sectors falling within the remit of the MCA and is headed by Dr. Paul Edgar Micallef. It is responsible for advising and dealing with any litigation concerning the MCA, inter-operator disputes and users versus operators complaints. Other tasks include the legal vetting of all internal documents as required, including consultation papers and the monitoring of legal developments in other EU member states and in other countries.
Information Management Unit
The Information Management unit is headed by Mr. Steve Agius who deals with the planning and effective management of information management and systems within the authority. The primary roles of the IM unit are to adjust the information management systems and processes to support the growth and changing needs of the MCA, to implement the application portfolio to support the lines of business ensuring integration across MCA, specifically the implementation of an integrated framework that supports seamless integration using web-based technologies and workflow support tools, to enhance the capacity of the IT team to ensure seamless service support to all aspects of the business and ensure the technology infrastructure is secure, always available and reliable and tuned
