Hakom - Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency

ZAGREB, 4 May 2015- We regret to announce that on Thursday, 30 April 2015, our beloved friend and esteemed colleague and associate prof. Antun Carić, PhD passed away at the age of 69. Antun was one of the founders of HAKOM- as the independent national regulatory authority. Thanks to his knowledge, experience and inexhaustible source of ideas, many programmes and projects have been successfully carried out by HAKOM: such as “e-Agency”, a project in cooperation with the academic community in the Republic of Croatia entitled “Looking to the future”, as well as the postgraduate specialist university study programme on Electronic Communications Market Regulations-the Internet and broadband development programme.
 

ABOUT HAKOM: HAKOM (www.hakom.hr) - Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries – 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.