The Ministry of Communications was set up in 1924 as a government ministry of the Kingdom of Italy, dealing with postal, telephone, telegraph and electronic communications, journalistic information and commercial advertising.
The first minister was Costanzo Ciano, founder of what was to become RAI (Radio-television Italia).
This resulted in the establishment of Telecom Italia S.p.A. in 1994, after the reorganisation of the ministry for the second time.
[5] The actual incorporation was to take place in 2001, but was stopped by the government of Silvio Berlusconi.
The ministry reached its present-day configuration after the financial crisis of 2007–2008, when the Prodi Government decided[6] to revert to the Bassanini Reform of 1999.