Hakom - Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency

 
ZAGREB, 6 February 2014 – The Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure has launched a public consultation on the draft Act on Amendments to the Electronic Communications Act. The draft proposal of the Act contains the proposal to merge the Rail Market Regulatory Agency (RMRA) with the Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency (HAKOM). In this way, a single national regulatory authority will be set up for the regulation of the electronic communications market, the postal services market and the railway services market – the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries. The public consultation is open until 20 February 2014. The plan is to adopt this Act together with the new Rail Market Regulation Act.
 

 

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.