HAKOM at the conference entitled Digital Economy: Chances and Challenges

ZAGREB, 18 March 2016 – The Czech regulatory authority ČTU (Český telekomunikační úřad) and ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) organized in Prague a two-day conference on ˝Digital Economy: Chances and Challenges˝. The conference, which was organized with a view to promoting a discussion on the development of the digital economy in the Visegrad Group countries and attended by more than 200 participants, was also attended by the President of the Council of the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM), Mr. Dražen Lučić, who gave a presentation on the topic of ˝EU Roaming Regulation and National Interest˝.
 
On behalf of the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries Mr. Dražen Lučić participated in the round table that took place before the conference and that was composed of heads of regulatory authorities of Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia and by heads of leading Czech operators. The round table discussed amendments of the regulatory framework for electronic communications (˝Future of Framework for Electronic Communications˝).     
 
Another purpose of this meeting was to agree on further cooperation with Czech and other regulatory authorities, particularly those from the Visegrad Group countries.

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