HAKOM by adopting the latest “Ordinance on Payment of Fees for Business Operations” continues reducing its Budget in socially useful Applications
ZAGREB, November 6, 2015 – After the conducted Public Consultation the Council of the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM) adopted a new “Ordinance on Payment of Fees for Business Operation” prescribing the calculation, amount and manner of payment of fees in order to ensure funds for carrying out its tasks according to the annual financial plan. In addition to the responsibilities and tasks, HAKOM continues reducing its budget and continues investing in socially useful applications and the national critical infrastructure, while the stakeholders on the electronic communications market are not burdened with any new and higher fees, which have been significantly reduced in recent years while some of them have been completely eliminated .Since the beginning of the economic crisis HAKOM has continuously been reducing fees for its business operations therefore over the past few years the fees for frequency spectrum management have been reduced by almost 60 percent, and some fees for other operations, such as the market regulation and the users’ protection have been completely eliminated or reduced by almost 40 percent.
Regarding the current Ordinance, the amendments can be divided into the following: fees intended for the usage of addresses and numbers, fees for the usage of radio spectrum and fees for HAKOM’s business operation in the field of railway services.
Regarding the part related to the fees for the usage of addresses and numbers, some amendments to the Ordinance were the result of the alignment with the terminology from the Numbering Plan. Furthermore, the method of determining compensation for M2M services (Machine to Machine communication) has been changed. Since the significant growth in M2M services is expected, HAKOM believes that it is necessary to have an acceptable fee, taking into consideration the fact that the average revenue per M2M user (ARPU) in Croatia is several times lower than the revenue per user for the services in the mobile electronic communications network.
Regarding the part related to the fees for the usage of radio spectrum, the part regarding the fees for satellite services has been changed. The payment collection has been enabled as well as the implementation of the hybrid satellite systems using the complementary ground component (CGC) of mobile satellite networks, whose implementation is expected by the end of 2016.
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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.