HAKOM in Sarajevo at the GSMA Seminar: Internet of Things (IoT)

Zagreb, 13 October 2016 - A seminar on the Internet of Things – IoT organized by the Global System Mobile Association(GSMA) and the Regulatory Communications Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina is taking place on 12 and 13 October 2016 in Sarajevo.
The seminar includes discussions on the meaning of IoT, differences between IoT and traditional voice and text services and incentives behind the IoT market. It also covered predictions concerning interconnection, revenue and socioeconomic impacts of the above-mentioned service as well as the possible business models, the value chain and interconnection technologies for new services and the manner of use of the spectrum. Discussions also covered case studies of smart cities, health care at home, house alarms and the applications of new technology in manufacture.
 

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.