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The discussion topics at the meeting which was held in Budapest were as follows: the LTE coverage measurement, harmful interference in the 3G UMTS network caused by DECT 6.0, the provisions of measuring forces in the FM area, PCI measurements and the impact of wind farms on various mobile technologies. 

At the meeting which brought together the representatives of the regulatory authorities of the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Serbia, the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries HAKOM was represented by Mr. Mario Weber, Executive Director. 

At the conference in Warsaw HAKOM's experts presented HAKOM’s Interactive GIS portal as an example of the national initiative of mapping the availability and the broadband services use. 

The Conference was held in Split within the framework of the EU project “Resilience Critical Infrastructure Protection in Europe” financed by the European Commission.
 

The objective of the workshop held in Mostar was to show the priority areas for obtaining the financial support from the IPA projects aimed at improving the service in the area of public health, tourism, sustainable energy production, business environment and competitiveness. 

The Expert Working Group is responsible for new Draft Communication Strategy of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC). 

HAKOM launched the fifth public invitation for the submission of designs for the development of web applications and services aimed at speeding up the development of broadband in the Republic of Croatia.  

The two-day Conference by Cisco was held in Pula 

The working group deals with technical issues because of the implementation of new technologies and their possible impact on the protection of existing private mobile network as well as the implementation of the recommendations adopted by ECC - European Communication Council.
 

Mr. Dražen Lučić, President of the Council of HAKOM participated in the round table called “On the way to the City of the Future - Smart City between Vision and Reality within the thematic programme “Innovations”. 

By promoting the ICT occupations the aim is to encourage children to develop their IT skills especially the girls of primary school age with the ultimate goal to choose their occupation and employment in the ICT sector. 

The Working group is responsible for the revision of the regulatory framework in the field of electronic communications. 

The workshop took place within the scope of the SENT project with the aim to exchange the ideas of connecting the intermodal centres in Southeast Europe. 

A public consultation has started regarding Draft Ordinance on radio equipment according to which the Croatian legislation is harmonised with the provisions of Directive 2014/53 / EC on radio equipment which shall replace the current Ordinance on Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment (OG 25/12). A public consultation is open until 29 April. 

The application was developed as a result of cooperation between HAKOM and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER) of the University of Zagreb within the framework of the research project “Looking into the future 2020”. The application is primarily aimed at informing and educating end users of electronic communications services about their user rights and obstacles faced by disabled persons when using those services and about the manner of overcoming those obstacles by means of appropriate design.   

The most important topics of the third training, out of a total of four planned trainings, included next generation networks, the Internet and network neutrality.  

The switch-over to DVB-T2 standard is expected after the expiry of the existing licences for digital terrestrial television multiplexes, and at the earliest in 2019. In addition to improving the quality of TV services, this will contribute to the freeing of the RF spectrum of the second digital dividend for services in mobile communications networks. In the period between 2019 and 2021 citizens should adjust their receiving equipment to the new standard. Therefore, clear marking of receiving equipment is envisaged to start in early 2017. 

Participants at a workshop organized by the Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) are discussing the allocation and use of the radio frequency spectrum and the addressing and numbering space with the view to coordinating the existing and future M2M applications.  

The topics of the meeting included questionnaires containing call and SMS termination rates for all EU Member States.   

At the Prague Conference, Mr. Dražen Lučić, President of the Council of HAKOM, gave a presentation on “˝EU Roaming Regulation and National Interest˝” and participated in the round table composed of heads of regulatory authorities of Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.