US embassy cable - 03ZAGREB1391

UNCLAS  ZAGREB 001391 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
USDOC FOR 6420/ITA/TD/ITI/OTT/BROBERTS 
USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/EUR/ZONA/BRADLEY 
USDOC FOR 4232/MAC/EUR/EERIS/BURGESS/ROGERS 
USDOC FOR 4231/MAC/EUR/EERIS/CEEBIC/GOTTHARD 
 
STATE FOR EUR/SCE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: BEXP, EINT, ECPS, HR, Trade 
SUBJECT: BROADBAND FIXED WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
MARKET IN CROATIA 
 
REF: USDOC 02720 
 
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BROADBAND FIXED WIRELESS MARKET IN CROATIA 
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A.Croatia has allocated an unlicensed frequency band 
of 2400-2483.5 MHz with limitation on Effective 
Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) equal to 100 mW, and 
5725-5875 MHz with EIRP equal to 25 mW.  There are no 
separate allocations for indoor and outdoor uses.  A 
license is required for the use of 3.5GHZ spectrum. 
 
B.The demand for BFW can be only roughly estimated. 
 Independent researchers estimate that 1.4 million 
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people in Croatia (out of total population of 4.3 
million) have Internet access.  According to the 
Institute for Telecommunications, which issues 
approvals for import of BFW units, thousands of such 
units have been imported into Croatia in the past three 
years, but there is no information on how many are used 
in commercial networks. 
 
C.An operating license is required for BFW services 
provided in the 3.5GHz spectrum.  Additionally, every 
Internet service provider must obtain a license from 
the Croatian Telecommunications Institute, located at: 
 
Jurisiceva 13 
10000 Zagreb 
Croatia 
tel. +385 1 4896000 
fax. +385 1 4920227 
Mr. ante dodig, director 
ante.dodig@telekom.hr 
www.telekom.hr 
 
BFW systems operating in the 2.4GHz range are not 
required to have a license provided that they meet the 
above frequency and EIRP requirements (see paragraph A) 
and that they are certified according to relevant ETSI 
(European Telecommunications Standardization Institute) 
technical specifications. 
 
 
D.There are no ownership limits for companies 
offering BFW services.  However, until 2005, the local 
incumbent operator, Hrvatske telekomunikacije, reserves 
the exclusive right to offer real time voice services. 
 
E. Every telecommunications operator offering 
interconnection has to publish its interconnection 
tariffs.  The tariffs have to be approved by the 
Croatian Telecommunications Institute. 
 
F.n/a 
 
G.Four out of eight Internet service providers in 
Croatia use commercial BFW networks to connect 
customers to the Internet or to link two different 
locations of the same customer.  Small range devices 
(SRD) are used by ISPs for connecting users in the 
urban areas.  Companies also use SRD for intranet 
networks. 
 
H.Contact information for two largest Croatian ISPs 
offering BFW: 
 
Globalnet d.o.o. 
Radoslava Zimmermana 64b 
10000 Zagreb 
tel. +385 1 6599 000 
fax. +385 1 6599 099 
www.globalnet.hr 
3.5ghz band 
License acquired in 2002 
Primary vendor: Alvarion (Israel) 
 
GLOBALNET PRICES 
 
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128KBPS - HRK 1290 (USD 200/month) 
256KBPS - HRK 2570 (USD 400/month) 
384KBPS - HRK 3770 (USD 600/month) 
 
Iskon Internet d.o.o. 
Savska cesta 41 
10000 Zagreb 
tel. 6000 700 
fax. 6000 777 
www.iskon.hr 
www.iskon.biz 
3.5ghz band 
License acquired: n/a 
Primary vendor: n/a 
 
ISKON "SKYNET" WFB offer prices: to be published after 
June 16 (http://www.iskon.biz/skynet/) 
 
Several non-profit associations are offering wireless 
LAN access to its members in Croatian cities.  Contact 
information for the largest association offering this 
type of service is listed below: 
 
 
zgwireless non-profit association (only LAN, no 
Internet access) 
kontakt@zgwireless.net 
www.zgwireless.net 
2.4ghz band, 11mbps 
Roll-out started 3 years ago 
 
Equipment vendors present in Croatia: 
 
- Orinoco/Lucent 
- Cisco  used primarily by commercial service 
providers 
- SMC 
- Clink 
- Mikrotik (latvia) 
- Allnet 
- Buffalo 
- Linksys 
- Arlan 
 
Local distributors in Croatia: 
 
Autronic d.o.o. (SMC) 
Gruka 22 
10000 Zagreb 
Croatia 
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Tel. +385 1 61 53 500 
Fax. +385 1 61 52 733 
E-mail: autronic@autronic.hr 
www.autronic.hr 
 
Formel d.o.o. (Dlink) 
Zvecajska 5 
10000 Zagreb 
Croatia 
Tel. +385 1 36 40 853 
Fax: +385 1 30 15 349 
www.formel.hr 
 
Boa d.o.o. (Buffalo) 
Kreimirov trg 3 
10000 Zagreb 
Croatia 
Tel. +385 1 46 55 302 
Fax. +385 1 46 55 267 
www.boa.hr 
 
 
Info-gama d.o.o. (linksys) 
Avenija V. Holjevca b.b. 
10000 Zagreb 
Croatia 
Tel. +385 1 66 51 777 
Fax. +385 1 66 51 799 
www.info-gama.hr 
 
Micro - Link d.o.o. (Arlan) 
F.Fuisa 12 
10000 Zagreb 
Croatia 
Tel. +385 1 36 36 884 
Fax. +385 1 36 45 850 
UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 03 ZAGREB 001391 
 
SIPDIS 
 
USDOC FOR 6420/IT 
 
 
microlink@microlink.hr 
 
 
I.Telecommunications technical equipment and 
installations can be imported, sold, leased, used or 
installed and connected to telecommunications 
infrastructure in Croatia if their quality is proven by 
a certificate of the Croatian Telecommunications 
Institute or statement of manufacturer's compatibility, 
which is submitted to the Croatian Telecommunications 
Institute, and a label as prescribed by separate 
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guidelines.  The Institute can accept certificates of 
quality or statements of compatibility from foreign 
legal entities as a valid proof of quality for the 
aforementioned equipment. 
 
Croatian regulations prescribe that the label required 
for equipment certified should be in accordance with 
European or Croatian standards, and it makes no 
distinction between the two standards. 
 
If the equipment is not certified, it can be either 
tested in Croatia or installed with prior consent from 
the Institute for testing purposes only and for a 
period not longer than two years. 
 
Microprocessors and personal computers can be imported 
free of customs duties, while duties for antennas 
imported from countries other than EU are 5 percent.  A 
value added tax of 22 percent is imposed on all 
imports. 
 
(ORIGIN: USFCS/NIKOLAC/BLECHER) 
 
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