Four bids in latest public tender round for aid award
PRESS RELEASE
Four companies submitted their bids in the latest round of the public tender for the award of aid under HAKOM’s Programme for the development of the Internet and broadband in the areas of special state concern, hilly and mountainous areas and on islands.
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For additional information please contact:
Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency (HAKOM)
Roberta Frangeša Mihanovića 9
10110 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel. + 385 (0)1 700 70 07
Fax + 385 (0)1 700 70 70
Media inquiries can be submitted online using HAKOM’s official website: https://www.hakom.hr
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Four companies submitted their bids in the latest round of the public tender for the award of aid under HAKOM’s Programme for the development of the Internet and broadband in the areas of special state concern, hilly and mountainous areas and on islands.
ZAGREB, 17 February 2014 – Four bids were received in the fourth round of the public tender for the award of state aid for a fast development of broadband networks in the areas of special state concern, hilly and mountainous areas and on islands. The bids were submitted by Hrvatski Telekom d.d. Zagreb, VIPnet d.o.o. Zagreb, Pro-ping d.o.o. Pitomača and Optika kabel d.o.o. Zaprešić. In a further analysis of the submitted offers, HAKOM will establish the meeting of conditions from the tender documentation and adopt the decision on the award of aid no later than by 5 March 2014.
It is worth reminding that aid is part of HAKOM’s Programme for the development of the Internet and broadband in the areas of special state concern, hilly and mountainous areas and on islands, which foresees aid for a series of values which make up the broadband eco-system: fast network, development of services and applications and accompanying telecommunication equipment. By this latest tender for the award of aid, the target users in the County of Slavonski Brod – Posavina will be connected. This is the only remaining county without the aid programme, with a total of 14 target users, currently without broadband access.
For more on the Programme for the development of the Internet and broadband in areas of special state concern, hilly and mountainous areas and on islands please visit: www.hakom.hr/default.aspx?id=50It is worth reminding that aid is part of HAKOM’s Programme for the development of the Internet and broadband in the areas of special state concern, hilly and mountainous areas and on islands, which foresees aid for a series of values which make up the broadband eco-system: fast network, development of services and applications and accompanying telecommunication equipment. By this latest tender for the award of aid, the target users in the County of Slavonski Brod – Posavina will be connected. This is the only remaining county without the aid programme, with a total of 14 target users, currently without broadband access.
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For additional information please contact:
Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency (HAKOM)
Roberta Frangeša Mihanovića 9
10110 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel. + 385 (0)1 700 70 07
Fax + 385 (0)1 700 70 70
Media inquiries can be submitted online using HAKOM’s official website: https://www.hakom.hr
Registration required.
ABOUT HAKOM:
HAKOM (www.hakom.hr) - Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency – 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.