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HAKOM participated at the Meeting TDAG Working Group (Telecommunication Development Advisory Group) in order to prepare for the WTDC-17 conference. 

The workshop deals with new Regulatory Changes and New Opportunities for Broadband PPDR- public protection and disaster relief. 

The web site will enable to follow the news related to the development of broadband infrastructure in "white areas", as well as the course of the development and implementation of the projects. Moreover, it will enable access to all relevant information and regulations, guidance and answers to the questions. 

The topic discussed at the meeting was how to resolve the problem of transnational emergency calls, the A-GNSS implementation, the impact of DSM proposals to emergency services, possible regulatory aspects of providing e-calls by a third party (TPS eCall), as well as the implementation of verification compliance of the 112 Centre with regard to e-call. 

This working group is responsible for the definition of the technical basis for spectrum management, in particular for the analysis of possibilities for spectrum sharing between different radiocommunications services.  

This is a thematic international event including the 14^th International Conference on Regulatory Activity in the Electronic Communications Sector. HAKOM’s experts are participating in this event and presenting current topics at panel discussions.   

Participants will have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and exchange experiences with colleagues from EU Member States concerning the development of the existing broadband infrastructure and the building, financing and managing of the new broadband infrastructure.  

A meeting of the HLIG Group, which deals with topics concerning Internet governance, is taking place in Brussels. This European Commission group is in charge of coordination of Internet governance issues between Member States. 

At this year’s SofCOM conference HAKOM organized a round table on the topic of “Broadband Internet Access”. The round table was moderated by Mrs. Kristina Ćosić, senior expert, while Mr. Josip Šajnović was one of the participants. 

The meeting on the cross-border coordination of frequencies included the preparation of a proposal for a RSPG Report on results of cross-border coordination, a presentation of results and plans for use of a regulation and a competition for changing the frequencies in the television band and the beginning of activities on the reallocation of the 700 MHz band in Europe.   

The discussion topics are the experience exchange of the EU Member States during the application of net neutrality obligations and the way of carrying out the obligations regarding the quality of service, especially after the published BEREC Guidelines. 

The Working Group held the meeting on preliminary considerations of the proposal for a comprehensive reform of the regulatory framework for the Electronic communications which was submitted by the European Commission last week. 

Ms. Ana Katalinić Mucalo PhD, will serve as Vice-President of the Croatian IEEE Section for the next two years as it was almost unanimously decided by the voting members, who have been in search for new leadership since September 15. 

The main topics of the meeting of TCAM Committee and ADCO Group at the European Commission are Directive on radio equipment (RED), drafting the RED manual, the applicability of the Directive on the combined equipment and the way of the assessment of its compliance with the essential requirements. 

The Congress of the Universal Postal Union will be held in Istanbul from September 20 to October 7, bringing together more than two thousand delegates, the representatives of UPU Member States. The aim of the Congress is to define the future of the global postal sector. 

The Forum is envisaged as an interactive platform for the exchange of opinions between BEREC and stakeholders on the electronic communications market. This year’s forum will focus on an overview of the EU regulatory framework on telecommunications, telecommunications connectivity and digital environment.  

The main objective of the meeting is to prepare for the 28^th BEREC’s plenary meeting that will take place from 6 to 7 October 2016 in Vilnius, Lithuania. 

At the meeting it was discussed on the draft Regulation on roaming wholesale prices whose adoption is a necessary condition in order to complete abolition of retail roaming charges that should happen in June 2017.