The Communications Regulatory Agency (CRA) came about as a result of the desire of Bosnia and Herzegovina to be involved in modern trends of efficient and effective communication regulation. It is an independent State institution with sole jurisdiction over telecommunications and broadcasting across the entire territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. RAK was originally established on 2 March 2001 by a Decision of the High Representative, combining the competencies of the Independent Media Commission (broadcasting) and the Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (telecommunications), which were, until that time, separately performing their respective functions.On 21th October 2002 Law on Communications was put in force (Official Gazzete BiH, 31/03) finally defining the mandate and responsibilities of CRA.
