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HAKOM is a partner in the research that will be carried out by the end of October, and  the given  results will be used, among other things, in drafting  new booklet entitled  "How to Protect Your Child in the World of Internet, Network Technologies and Mobile Phones". 

The meeting of the Regulatory Framework Expert Working Group for the electronic communications was held in Brussels. 

The European Commission invites all interested parties to submit their broadband Internet development projects to the “European Broadband Awards 2017“ for the best European projects in 2017. 

The Act on Amendments to the Electronic Communications Act entered into force on July 22, 2017, according to which two HAKOM’’s sublegal regulations are not  in force any longer: the Ordinance on the manner and conditions for the prevention and suppression of abuse and fraud in the provision of electronic mail services and the Ordinance about the mode and procedure for the allocation of mean from the Fund for the Development of Network Industries.

The procedure is simple for the citizens - if the interference preventing a good digital television signal occurs, it is necessary to report it to OiV (https://support.oiv.hr). If the interference is caused by the base station the operator should turn off the station until solving the problem.

HAKOM has issued a recommendation on the minimum technical requirements for DVB-T2 reception in the Republic of Croatia which represents the minimum technical requirements  necessary to be  met by DVB-T2 in order to provide high quality reception services in the Republic of Croatia. The start of transition of digital terrestrial television broadcasting, from DVB-T  to DVB-T2 in the Republic of Croatia is planned in 2019, and receivers that will meet the recommendation will be marked with a special log for easier purchase

Within the scope of the conference entitled "Research, Theorizing, and Teaching Administrative Science and Public Administration: Croatia, South East Europe and Beyond“ Dubrovnik hosted the forum of practitioners  "Filling the Gap between Administrative Theory and Practice".
 

The last day of GSR was dedicated to the regulatory challenges and the adoption of conclusions regarding the guidelines based on the experience of regulatory bodies. HAKOM, represented by Mr. Dražen Lučić, the President of the Council, actively participated in the preparatory discussion. 

The topic of the panel discussion was the reliability of networks and devices for digital services ("Reliability of Networks and Devices for Digital Services"). 

The discussion on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Electronic Communications Code was continued as well as the discussion referring to articles on the coordination of the radio spectrum. 

Following the invitation of the organizer the Split Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Split hosted  the second international SpliTech 2017 conference, held in the period from 12 to 14 July.

The Radio Frequency Spectrum Committee, among other things, helps the European Commission in the development of implementing decisions related to frequency spectrum management in the EU Member States.

Once a year, the national regulatory authorities are obliged to publish monitoring reports and results and submit them to the European Commission and BEREC. Reports must be published on an annual basis. 

A two-day meeting of the SEETO Working Group was held in Podgorica, Montenegro and HAKOM’s representatives took part in the meeting as lecturers.

The Broadband Competence Offices Support Facility (BCO-SF) organized and held the workshop on state aid allocation process in the field of rapid  deployment  of  electronic communications networks  in Brussels. The EU Member States exchanged their views and experiences in the field. 

The negotiations between the neighbouring states will contribute to the international harmonization of frequencies necessary to switch to a new standard for digital TV encryption and transmission in order to provide additional radio frequency spectrum for broadband services in mobile networks, and to harmonize frequencies for FM radio and digital radio in the VHF band.
  

The first  draft report was  presented at the meeting aimed  to show  the tasks laid down under Directive 2014/61 / EU on measures to reduce the cost of deploying high-speed electronic communications networks allocated to national regulatory bodies and the model by means of which these  activities are carried out in different countries. 

The meeting of ENRRB, European Commission advisory body discussing issues and practice in the rail services sector for the purpose of alignment at the European Union level was held in Barcelona.

The public forum was held on Tuesday in Sveti Martin na Muri.