While coming from the history and traditions of the Arm of Signals of the Italian Army, the current Signal Command was established on 1 January 2017 following the reorganization of the C4 sector of the Italian Army.

The Army Information and Signals Command (Italian: Comando Trasmissioni e Informazioni dell’Esercito) was diestablished in 2016, and the Signals Brigade, based in Anzio, was reorganized and converted in an unified agency.

[2] The Signal Command units are to be trained to intervene also in safeguarding the institutions, in carrying out tasks for public calamities and cases of necessity and urgency.

[6] Finally, through the Army Signal Command Cybernetic Security Unit, the Signal Command plans, conducts and implements operations in the Army-related cybernetic domain in theater of operations and, if necessary, on national territory, ensuring their protection and resilience and contributing to the Army's overall Cyber Defense (CD) capacity.

These three regiments operate and maintain the army's national signal and telecommunications networks.