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HAKOM organized the first round table with stakeholders on the rail services market.
 

Internet access services and pay-TV service continue to record an increase in revenue, while revenue from traditional telephone service decreased.
 

Due to increased activity on the postal services market of the Republic of Croatia, more services were provided in the last quarter of 2014. 
 

HAKOM organized the first round table with stakeholders on the postal services market.
 

HAKOM adopted amendments to two ordinances regulating rights and obligations of users and operators in electronic communications.The amendments to the ordinances will enter into force on 1 May.

 

The Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries adopted regulations that will, among other things, enable more flexible use of the 2GHZ band for mobile communications operators and more efficient planning of higher capacity microwave links and the allocation of radio frequencies for special use for networks consisting of only terminal radio stations. 

The Croatian Parliament accepted HAKOM’s Annual Activity Report with majority vote.
 

European Commission representatives visited HAKOM in order to collect information about the situation on the electronic communications market in Croatia.
 

HAKOM held a bilateral coordination meeting with the Hungarian regulator concerning the alignment of Croatian and Hungarian frequency plans. 
 

In the course of development and implementation of online services within the framework of its programme entitled “e-Agency”, HAKOM put into operation two new applications, “e-Conditions” and “e-Guidelines”. This is a continuation of its business policy aimed at making its services more accessible to citizens and offering faster and cheaper ways of obtaining certain documents. 
 

“The second forum on the future of the UHF band (second digital dividend and digital terrestrial television) will be held on Monday, 23 February 2015, at the Antunović Hotel in Zagreb".

The independent electronic communications, postal and rail services regulator, the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM), gathered representatives of operators, postal services providers, rail carriers, public authorities, academic community, industry and the media at a conference on the situation and development of the market it regulates.

 

The Government of the Republic of Croatia adopted a decision establishing coordination between inspections competent for supervision of technical products placed on the Croatian market.
 

Provisions on minimum internet access speed within the framework of the universal service, new ordinance on financing of HAKOM reducing some of the fees and the ordinance that will enable the development of new programs for the development of electronic communications will enter into force on 1 January.
 

Another successful project of HAKOM’s aid programme, which was recognized as a socially useful application, was presented and implemented in cooperation with CARNet.
 

From 1 January 2015, a special retail package with data transfer speed of a minimum of 1 Mbit/s will be available to all users who do not have the technical capacity to use standard packages offered on the market and to a socially disadvantaged group of end users. The existing prices and conditions apply to the existing users of a special retail MAXnet mini package for universal service of at least 144 kbit/s pending the submission of a request for a package of a minimum of 1 Mbit/s.