state-run news agency; government news service
Refers to a news agency or news service operated by the national government. Often used in the name of a specific organization, e.g., 国営通信社.
The state-run news agency reported the government's announcement verbatim.
The state-run news agency issued a bulletin on the new economic policy.
通信社 is a general term for any news agency, while 国営通信 specifically refers to a state-run one.
国営 means 'state-run' or 'government-operated' and can modify various nouns; 国営通信 is a compound noun meaning 'state-run news (agency)'.
Compound of 国営 (state-run) and 通信 (news, communication). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term follows standard Sino-Japanese compounding patterns.