The main task of the Agency was to safeguard the public development in the IT and telecommunications, as the agency was to establish the general rules for public delivery of IT and telecommunications services.
Hovedopgaven for styrelsen var at varetage det offentliges udvikling på it- og teleområdet, ligesom styrelsen udarbejdede de overordnede regler for befolkningens forsyning af it- og teleydelser.