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European Commission representatives visited HAKOM in order to collect information about the situation on the electronic communications market in Croatia.
 

HAKOM held a bilateral coordination meeting with the Hungarian regulator concerning the alignment of Croatian and Hungarian frequency plans. 
 

In the course of development and implementation of online services within the framework of its programme entitled “e-Agency”, HAKOM put into operation two new applications, “e-Conditions” and “e-Guidelines”. This is a continuation of its business policy aimed at making its services more accessible to citizens and offering faster and cheaper ways of obtaining certain documents. 
 

“The second forum on the future of the UHF band (second digital dividend and digital terrestrial television) will be held on Monday, 23 February 2015, at the Antunović Hotel in Zagreb".

The independent electronic communications, postal and rail services regulator, the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM), gathered representatives of operators, postal services providers, rail carriers, public authorities, academic community, industry and the media at a conference on the situation and development of the market it regulates.

 

The Government of the Republic of Croatia adopted a decision establishing coordination between inspections competent for supervision of technical products placed on the Croatian market.
 

Provisions on minimum internet access speed within the framework of the universal service, new ordinance on financing of HAKOM reducing some of the fees and the ordinance that will enable the development of new programs for the development of electronic communications will enter into force on 1 January.
 

Another successful project of HAKOM’s aid programme, which was recognized as a socially useful application, was presented and implemented in cooperation with CARNet.
 

From 1 January 2015, a special retail package with data transfer speed of a minimum of 1 Mbit/s will be available to all users who do not have the technical capacity to use standard packages offered on the market and to a socially disadvantaged group of end users. The existing prices and conditions apply to the existing users of a special retail MAXnet mini package for universal service of at least 144 kbit/s pending the submission of a request for a package of a minimum of 1 Mbit/s.
 

HAKOM allocated additional RF spectrum to HT and Tele2 thus enabling these two operators to increase existing network capacity and to improve quality of service and bringing additional HRK 65 million per year to the State Budget, as a total of HRK 650 million.

HAKOM’s interactive portal has been upgraded with a new topic of the “Broadband Speed Usage Map”. The purpose of this upgrade is to supplement the broadband mapping project with data necessary for the drafting of projects for the development of broadband access networks to be financed from the EU funds and for the fulfilment of Digital Agenda objectives at the level of towns and municipalities or neighbourhoods of the city of Zagreb. 
 

HAKOM participated in the 4^th BEREC plenary meeting which took place on 4 and 5 December in Brussels. 
 

A special Commission for Electronic Communications Services was founded within the framework of the National Consumer Protection Council which participates in the drafting and monitoring of the National Consumer Protection Programme and in the creation of consumer protection policy. The new Commission will deal with issues in the electronic communications sector – a specific market with the greatest number with individual services. HAKOM was entrusted with the position of the President of the Commission. 

A new HAKOM’s portable control and measuring station for control and monitoring of radio frequencies will permit even better control of the spectrum and monitoring of interferences from Italy. 
 

The second to last round of tenders for the development of broadband infrastructure has been completed and 29 target users from flood affected areas of Slavonia received high-speed Internet access. Schools, health care institutions and fire stations were connected to high-speed Internet 6 months before the deadline.
 

Demand for Internet and Internet traffic has been increasing, while, on the other hand, the use of the traditional public voice service has been declining, reported the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM). 
 

The Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries was presented the Friends of the IEEE Croatia Section award for 2014.