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HAKOM published a public invitation for the allocation of the 116 000 number for the Hotline for missing children. 

The working group deals with issues of cross border parcel traffic and with regulatory experiences on the postal services markets of EU Member States, with a special emphasis on changes in the regulatory framework for parcel traffic and services related to e-trade.  

The objective of the meeting was to define the manner of implementation of the new regulatory framework for roaming services which will enter into force on 30 April 2016.  

The workshop will include the presentation of a study assessing the impact of implementation of the Recommendation on regulation of termination rates.   

Since end users of operator K3 can no longer receive their service as a result of the ban on the use of radio frequencies, and since the operator is responsible for failing to provide the service, all users of operator K3, regardless of whether they have a contractual obligation or not, will be allowed to terminate their contracts with the operator K3 without paying the penalty fee and select another operator. 

DESI 2016 for the Republic of Croatia attained a score of 0,42 and thus places Croatia on the 24th place among the 28 EU Member States just like in 2015, when DESI for Croatia amounted 0,38.

In order to improve the quality of delivery of postal items, the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM) adopted the Proposal on minimum technical conditions for house mailboxes. 

The Expert Working Group is in charge of developing a new Communications Strategy of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC).  

The working group is in charge of regulatory accounting and price regulation and the topic of the meeting is a draft document concerning the methodology for assessing performance of postal operators and methodology for assessing the efficiency of provision of universal services.    

In 2015, operators on the electronic communications market in the Republic of Croatia continued investing into the development of infrastructure, advanced technologies and innovative services. Revenue from traditional voice services continued to decrease, as forecasted. 

HAKOM’s experiences in consumer protection were presented at the conference organized in Zagreb by the Ministry of the Economy and the European Consumer Centres Network in Croatia on the occasion of the World Consumer Rights Day.   

A meeting of the Independent Regulator’s Group-Rail for market monitoring was held in Paris and the main topic included the collecting of market data. 

In the last quarter of 2015, the rail services market recorded positive trends in passenger transport. The total number of transported passengers was 48 percent more compared to the quarter before that; although it should be pointed out that the transportation of migrants and refugees has not been included in the calculation. 

At the meeting of the Electronic Communications Committee (ECC), the discussion topics were the use of 700 MHz frequency bands for broadband systems, mobile communications on board vessels, intelligent transport systems and the broadband systems for public protection and disaster cases. 

An increased number of business activities at the Croatian postal services market in the last quarter of 2015 led to an increase of the number of provided postal services. 

At the meeting which was held in Rotterdam, the main discussion topics were on network neutrality, international roaming and OTT (Over the Top) services. 

HAKOM’s representatives participated at the Plenary Meeting of the Administrative Council of the Universal Postal Union, which was held in Bern from 24 to 26 February prior to the upcoming UPU Congress. 

At the meeting the report was adopted on the effective allocation and the use of radio frequency spectrum as well as the RSPG opinion on the policy of spectrum management in the EU Member States. 

HAKOM’s representatives participated at the 21st Mobile World Congress - MWC 2016 which was held from 22 to 25 February in Barcelona. 

The forum’s work results will contribute to the process of international frequency coordination necessary for the transition to DVB-T2 and liberation of spectrum of the second digital dividend for the services in mobile communications networks.