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Investments in the electronic communications market jumped by 16 percent in the first nine months of last year, compared to the same period in 2020 while the same period in the fixed-line network saw a 127% boost in investments in fiber access infrastructure, HAKOM reported.

The speed of the construction of 5G infrastructure will largely depend on local units and the agility of local authorities to boost investments and provide building permits. Although the digitalization and implementation of the next-generation network is the goal supported by the plans of three line ministries, it will be difficult to realize without the cities’ help.

Every year, Google releases a list of the most popular search terms, and according to the statistics of the most popular search engine in the country, Croatians’ top interest is football, followed by politics and Turkish soaps.

The Croatian government is changing its paradigm in relation to supporting the economy, so instead of rescuing fallen companies, it will direct EU funding transfers to the most propulsive industries, including the ICT industry.

Korean tech giant Samsung, global leader in the smartphone market, issued a relatively brief press release announcing the company’s reorganization and new appointments. So they announced the merger of two major divisions – one dealing with mobile communications and the other in charge of consumer electronics and IT.

French automaker Peugeot is set to only launch electric cars in Europe from 2030, but will continue to offer cars with an internal combustion engine in certain parts of the world.

As of Wednesday, December 1, 2021, Konzum is allowing customers to pay in cryptocurrencies in its online store, making it the first supermarket chain in Croatia to enable this type of payment. Thus, natural and legal persons, owners of cryptocurrencies, can now buy and pay for groceries, toiletries, household goods, and other 12,000 products from the Konzum webshop’s rich offer.

Following €11 million investment, A1 Croatia has opened its new data center, and the company says that with this investment they are ready for the most demanding users in the private and public sector. It’s the only data center in Croatia built from the ground up according to the Tier III criteria of the Uptime Institute, a world leader in standardizing the performance of digital infrastructure.

The European Commission has sent warnings to Croatia, Estonia, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Lat-via, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, and Sweden for failing to fully adopt new European telecom regulation (the European Electronic Communications Code), into their national legislation.

A study on the impact of 5G technology on buildings, power, transport, and industry across Europe has shown that new technologies could reduce CO2 emissions by as much as 40 percent. Ericsson published the analysis in its Connectivity and Climate Change report.