HAKOM at Infofest

ZAGREB, 29 September 2014 – An international ICT conference, the 21^st Infofest is taking place from 28 September to 4 October in Budva, Montenegro. The conference entitled “Towards presence of mobile broadband access in Europe” was organized by the Agency for Electronic Communications and Postal Services of Montenegro and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Representatives of the Republic of Croatia, that is, of HAKOM and of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure, are also attending the conference.
 
HAKOM’s experts, Marina Ljubić Karanović, Marina Brkljačić, Ana Mijalić and Domagoj Maričić will hold their presentations on developments in the EU legislation in the mobile broadband sector, and in the electronic communications sector in general, with a special emphasis on the issue of network neutrality and protection of rights of users. They will also give an overview of the market of electronic communications in the Republic of Croatia.  
 
More information about this year’s Infofest is available at the following link: http://www.infofest.com/

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.