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In HAKOM's business premises in Zagreb, a meeting was held between the representatives of regulatory authorities for the electronic communications of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and representatives of the Agency for Postal Traffic (RAP) from Bosnia and Herzegovina,. The meeting was focused on the promotion of further cooperation and the Agreement was signed between the two regulators. 

The Working Party deals with issues concerning the information and communication technology and infrastructure, the Internet and the creation of the digital single market.  

The aim of the workshop was to inform the participants with the methodology of collecting, processing and analysing the statistical data in the field of postal services. 

The Croatian Chamber of Commerce held session in Rijeka and one of the topics was “The analysis of the working time of institutions and service providers in the port of Rijeka. 

The most important topics of the meeting were  related to the Digital Single  Market of radio equipment, the ICT standardization, lack of harmonized standards which cover  the requirements of  new Radio Equipment Directive,  a variety of new radio equipment for the Internet of Things and the application of  Radio Equipment Directive.

German regulator BNetzA hosted  the Workshop on 5G mobile communications  which was held in Mainz  

Measurements included in 82 kindergartens, 67 schools and 7 children's playgrounds where sources have been found of electromagnetic fields, and the results showed that the measured levels of electromagnetic fields were  well below the prescribed levels at all measuring locations. 

The forum was aimed at reviewing of 2017 BEREC work program and the changes of regulatory framework for the electronic communications. 

The topic of the two-day workshop, held in Lisbon, was the Internet of Things and Machine – to Machine Communication 

The discussion topic was the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of the EU with regard to promoting Internet connectivity in local communities (WiFi4EU)  

The topic of the meeting was the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on cross-border parcel delivery services. 

At the workshop organized by BEREC“, the experiences and examples of other countries were presented on the topic of implementation of the Directive  

HAKOM's experts carried out measuring activities of disturbances coming from Italy which are causing the reception problem of Croatian radio and television channels along the entire coast and on the islands. The amount of 680 new complaints was submitted to the Italian administration with a request for their removal, which was also reported to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). 

The project aims to reduce a risky behavior of most vulnerable road stakeholders, the number of casualties trying to raise awareness of road stakeholders about the consequences of risky behavior at level crossings. 

BEREC's Regulatory Framework Expert Working Group held a meeting in order to discuss the Proposal of the European Commission published in September this year. 

Following the invitation of the EBRD, HAKOM actively participated in the regional conference on the importance of investing in high-speed networks infrastructure which was held in Athens. 

The workshop on “Consumer Consultation” and a lecture on consumer protection were organized together with the consumer protection association “Consumer Centre”. HAKOM’s experts spoke about the rights and obligations of operators of electronic communications services. 

The participants in the meeting discussed Member States’ comments on the text of the implementing regulation on criteria for fair use of roaming services. The adoption of this regulation is a precondition for complete elimination of retail roaming services by June 2017. 
  

The meeting focused on the topics of the Communications Plan, with a special emphasis on the priorities and challenges mentioned in the Development Strategy and the BEREC’s Annual Work Programme. 

Target users such as schools, health care institutions, public institutions and volunteer firefighters  in the areas of special state concern, hilly and mountainous areas and on the islands, who had been ensured broadband connection at a minimum speed of 2 Mbit/s in the first stage, benefited from the increase of Internet access speed to the  minimum of 30 Mbit/s, in accordance with the Programme for Internet and Broadband Development in Areas of Special State Concern, Hilly and Mountainous Areas and Islands.