Hakom - Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency

Zagreb, September 11, 2015 The Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR) organized the third meeting of BEREC Expert Working Group for 2015 which was held in Baden (Austria ) on 10th and 11^th September. The main objective of the meeting is to prepare the 24^th BEREC regular Plenary Meeting which will be held from 30 September to 2 October2015 in Riga (Latvia). It is expected that topics that will be in the focus of the next plenary meeting will be discussed within the Contact Group, such as BEREC Annual Work Programme 2016 as well as the activity programme in each BEREC Expert Working Group whose final versions will be discussed at the Plenary Meeting.
 
In addition to the BEREC 2016 Annual Work Programme, to be presented at the plenary meeting in order to be approved for the public hearing, we would single out two documents in whose preparation HAKOM’S experts are actively participating. The first document refers to BEREC response to the European Commission questionnaire on regulatory framework for audit procedure aimed at preparation and adoption of documents including the BEREC response to the EK questionnaire. The second refers to BEREC report on OTT services and due to the growing influence of OTT service providers on the market, the document which does not give a direct response to the inquiry whether OTT services should be regulated or not, has been prepared as well and should only single out the problems that regulators are facing with in the current regulatory environment. The document will be forwarded to the Plenary Meeting of BEREC in order to be approved for public hearing.
 
The topics regarding the workshop which will be held at the Plenary Meeting in Riga were discussed as well. Some regulators will present the transition to new technologies (IP migrations). Since, this process is in final phase in the Republic of Croatia, HAKOM’s representatives will present how this migration was performed in Croatia.

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.