Frequency Coordination Agreement signed with Slovenia for bands between 29.7 MHz and 470 MHz

ZAGREB, 10 April 2015 – A bilateral meeting between representatives of the Slovenia Agency for Communications Networks and Services (Agencija za komunikacijska omrežja in storitve Slovenije, AKOS) and HAKOM was held in Zagreb and ended with the signature of the Frequency Coordination Agreement for bands between 29.7 MHz and 470 MHz.
 
Both countries are signatories of the HCM (Harmonised Calculation Method) Agreement which lays down rules for the coordination of frequencies and radio stations used in the operation of mobile and fixed electronic communications networks between neighbouring countries. The allocation of frequencies between countries is agreed at bilateral levels.
 
Negotiations on the allocation of frequencies in border areas between AKOS and HAKOM were held on several occasions in 2014 resulting in the signature of yesterday’s agreement. In this manner international rights of individual frequencies were defined thus facilitating further planning of private mobile networks (PMR – closed-type networks – firefighters, power distribution, taxi services etc.) and enabling more efficient use and simpler planning of the spectrum in these areas.
 

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.