The agreement on the adjustment of the 1999 Agreement on Land Phone Network Operating Licenses signed by the Minister of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development Božidar Kalmeta on February 28, 2007 does not give Croatian Telecom (Hrvatski telekom - HT) any ownership rights over underground distribution and telecommunication channels as claimed by Tatjana Holjevac, chairwoman of the Zagreb City Assembly.
The agreement was signed in line with obligations from the Telecommunications Act and it equates the status, rights and obligations of HT in providing telecommunication services under the same transparent conditions that apply to other telecommunication operators and providers of telecommunication services in the Croatian market.
The adjustment of the 1999 agreement officially annuls all provisions of that agreement that are contrary to the Telecommunications Act, notably provisions pertaining to HT's remaining exclusive or special rights.
HT's authorization for the provision of telecommunication services, which stemmed from the 1999 Agreement, is replaced with appropriate authorization in line with the Telecommunications Act.
The agreement on the adjustment of the 1999 Agreement on Land Phone Network Operating Licenses was signed by HT, the Government and the Agency for Telecommunications as an independent regulatory body, and was submitted to the European Commission for inspection, the Ministry said.