HAKOM presented the Croatian Experience of Regulating the so-called Zero Rated Services at the EaPeReg Workshop

ZAGREB, October 25, 2017 - A workshop on network neutrality was held in Minsk, Belarus. The workshop was organized within the scope of the Eastern Partnership of Regulators, a cooperation forum between the EU Member States and the Eastern European partner countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The representative of the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM) was Mr. Domagoj Maričić, Head of Legal Affairs Department  at HAKOM who presented the Croatian experience related to the so-called zero rated services.
 

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.