HAKOM at the first joint meeting of the regulatory authorities

ZAGREB, 3 July 2015 - The first joint meeting of the European regulators (BEREC), Mediterranean European countries and African countries from the Mediterranean basin (EMERG), the Eastern Partnership countries (EaPeReg) as well as the South American regulatory authorities (REGULATEL) was held In Barcelona, on July 2 and 3, 2015.
 
The topic of the meeting refers to the challenges brought to the electronic communications sector by the new broadband ecosystem. A great part of the discussion was devoted to the growing impact of OTT service providers on the market, meaning whether the OTT service market providers and telecom operators should be on opposite sides, or they should cooperate what may bring benefits not only to the market development, but also to the end-users. In addition to the questions regarding the OTT services providers on the market, the issues on net neutrality, investment in fiber optic networks and Internet development in rural areas were discussed as well.
 
Following the meeting a plenary session of EMRG, HAKOM being its full member since March 2015, was held on July 2 2015, where the procedures to facilitate decision-making processes were adopted.

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.