HAKOM at the Working Meeting of the Group of Signatories of HCM Agreement

ZAGREB, September 24, 2015 –In Biel a joint meeting of all Working Groups responsible for the maintenance and development of the multilateral HCM Agreement (Harmonised Calculation Method) was held among whose signatories is the Republic of Croatia as well. The Agreement lays down the rules of coordination of frequencies and radio stations between neighbouring countries, used in fixed and mobile electronic communications networks
 
The meeting attended by the representatives of 16 European countries was organized by the Federal Office of Communications (BAKOM / OFCOM) the Swiss regulator in the field of electronic communications. The Working Groups responsible for coordination of private fixed and mobile services in the border area and the Working Group responsible for the technical support of the implementation of the HCM Agreement participated at the meeting as well. The issue on the content of future bilateral and multilateral agreements for frequency bands (700, 1400, 2300, 3500, 3700 MHz), which will be on public auctions by 2020 was also discussed at the meeting. The topics such as: the compatibility related to the coordination of narrowband PMR (Private Mobile Radio ) systems and broadband PPDR (Public Protection and Disaster Relief) system using LTE (450-470 MHz), revision and modification of the radio frequency allocation table covered by HCM Agreement as well as the coordination guidelines in the bands above 43.5 GHz. Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries was represented by Vladimir Duković, Microwave and Satellite Networks Expert.
  
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ABOUT HAKOM: HAKOM (www.hakom.hr) - Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries – ensures preconditions for a fair market competition, stable growth and environment for innovations in the electronic communications and postal services market. HAKOM protects users’ interests and the possibility of choice among various communications and postal services at affordable prices, defines sustainable competitive conditions for operators and service providers under fair conditions for return on investment, and provides support to economic growth, public services and the quality of life in the Republic of Croatia by using modern technologies. HAKOM’ strategic goals are: to promote regulation of the electronic communications and postal services market, to support growth of investments and innovations in the electronic communications and postal services market, to provide efficient use of limited resources, to accelerate the growth of broadband products and services, to provide affordable offers of communications and postal services, to provide protection and informing of users, to build an efficient and comprehensive information system, to define and implement efficient processes, and to acquire multi-disciplinary competencies in market regulation.