Hakom - Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency

ZAGREB, 12 December 2013 – At the third competition for the granting of aid for a fast development of broadband networks in the areas of special state concern, hilly and mountainous areas and islands, HAKOM has selected VIPnet’s offers for the construction of networks for fast Internet for public institutions, such as schools, health centres and other users in four targeted areas (counties).
 
After the analysis of offers, decision was made to accept the offers for the County of Bjelovar-Bilogora, Dubrovnik-Neretva, Krapina-Zagorje and Sisak-Moslavina. The granted aid totals to almost HRK 4 million. After the agreement is entered into with the selected tenderer, HAKOM will launch a new tender for the granting of aid for the only remaining county – the County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina. It remains to provide broadband access for 13 target users in this county, all of which are primary schools.
 

In the first two HAKOM’s tenders for the granting of aid, almost HRK 29.5 million were granted for the construction of fast networks in the County of Osijek-Baranja, Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Lika-Senj, Karlovac, Požega-Slavonia, Split-Dalmatia, Šibenik-Knin, Virovitica-Podravina, Vukovar-Srijem and Zadar. The Programme for the development of the Internet and broadband in the areas of special state concern, hilly and mountainous areas and islands, envisages the aid for a set of values that make up the broadband ecosystem: fast network, the development of services and applications and the accompanying telecommunications equipment. More on the Programme at: default.aspx?id=19.

 

HAKOM (www.hakom.hr) - Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency – ensures preconditions for a fair market competition, stable growth and environment for innovations in the electronic communications and postal services market. HAKOM protects users’ interests and the possibility of choice among various communications and postal services at affordable prices, defines sustainable competitive conditions for operators and service providers under fair conditions for return on investment, and provides support to economic growth, public services and the quality of life in the Republic of Croatia by using modern technologies. HAKOM’ strategic goals are: to promote regulation of the electronic communications and postal services market, to support growth of investments and innovations in the electronic communications and postal services market, to provide efficient use of limited resources, to accelerate the growth of broadband products and services, to provide affordable offers of communications and postal services, to provide protection and informing of users, to build an efficient and comprehensive information system, to define and implement efficient processes, and to acquire multi-disciplinary competencies in market regulation.