ZAGREB, October 18, 2017 – The Seventh Southern European Digital Dividend Implementation Forum (SEDDIF) was held in Budapest, Hungary. The forum was attended by the representatives of the regulatory bodies of Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine, along with the representatives of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) The Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM) was represented Ivančica Sakal, Head of Radiocommunications Department and Krešimir Šakić, Senior Broadcasting Planning Expert.
SEDDIF is engaged in the harmonization of spectrum for broadcasting at regional level enabling the use of radio frequency spectrum of the second digital dividend for the services in mobile networks. With the completion of its work, the international harmonization of the frequencies will be achieved that are necessary to move to the new standard of coding and broadcasting and the release of the spectrum of the other digital dividend for the provision of broadband services in mobile communications networks will be achieved, all based on the decisions of the European Union and the European Committee for Electronic Communications. Negotiations between the neighbouring countries on frequency matching and technical parameters of transmitters in future digital television networks are almost completed and the frequency plan will be further aligned with the correspondence. The signing of the Framework Agreement at the SEDDIF group level as well as the bilateral agreements with strict channel divisions by country is expected in early December.
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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.
