Increased investments in fibre infrastructure despite lower revenues
In the last quarter, the internet traffic grew 51.5 percent in relation to the same period last year and we talked much more, but the total revenue on the electronic communications market decreased by 3.3 percent.
The impact of social distancing measures is evident in the number of outgoing minutes in mobile network, which grew 26.3% compared to the end of 2019. Also, due to fewer international trips roaming minutes of Croatian users have been reduced by 8.6 percent, and the duration of calls for foreign citizens in the Croatian mobile networks by 21 percent.
In 2020, total revenue on the electronic communications market decreased by 3.3% compared to 2019. The 3.2 percent revenue growth on the broadband internet access market and the 3 percent pay TV market still failed to compensate for a 10.7 per cent revenue drop from fixed and mobile telephone services.
Total investment in the immobile network declined 2.9 percent, but investments in the electronic communications infrastructure grew by 13.3 percent, or 15.7 percent in the fibre access infrastructure. A continued investment in broadband access infrastructure is important in order to keep the trend of high-speed broadband connections growing.
In the fixed network, the greatest growth continues to be recorded by the number of high-speed broadband connections. At the end of 2020 16% of users gained internet access with speeds greater than 100 Mbit/s, and growth is generated by connectors via optical access infrastructure of about 11%. 42% of users in the fixed network have speeds over 30 Mbit/s the total number of package users increases in all package categories: 2D, 3D and 4D. Most households have contracted one of the pay TV services, or almost 58 percent of them.
For more data on the electronic communications market please contact the website of the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM) via the following link.
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Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM)
Roberta Frangeša Mihanovića 9
10110 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel. + 385 (0) 1 700 70 07
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HAKOM - Hrvatska regulatorna agencija za mrežne djelatnosti – osigurava pretpostavke za ravnopravno tržišno natjecanje, stabilan rast i prostor za inovacije na tržištima elektroničkih komunikacija te poštanskih i željezničkih usluga. HAKOM štiti interese korisnika i osigurava mogućnost izbora usluga po prihvatljivim cijenama, određuje održive konkurentne uvjete operatorima, davateljima poštanskih usluga i željezničkim prijevoznicima uz pravedne uvjete za povrat ulaganja te pruža podršku ekonomskom rastu, javnim uslugama i kakvoći života u RH primjenom suvremenih tehnologija. Strateški ciljevi HAKOM-a su unaprjeđenje regulacije tržišta elektroničkih komunikacija te željezničkih i poštanskih usluga, podržavanje rasta ulaganja i inovacija u tržišta, učinkovita uporaba ograničenih resursa, ubrzani rast širokopojasnih usluga, velika ponude komunikacijskih, željezničkih i poštanskih usluga, zaštita i informiranje korisnika, izgradnja učinkovitog i sveobuhvatnog informacijskog sustava, određivanje i ugradnja učinkovitih procesa te stjecanje multidisciplinarnih stručnosti i znanja u području reguliranja tržišta.