Communications Commission member Ekaterine Imedadze and Head of IR Service Nino Grdzelishvili took part in the annual forum organised by the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC), which aimed to facilitate discussion between stakeholders on topical issues concerning the telecommunications sector. 

In the first part of the event, the chairs of the BEREC working groups introduced the stakeholders of the telecommunications sector to the activities planned for 2024 and the priorities of each working group, after which they heard the opinions of the participants. BEREC currently has 12 working groups composed of experts from the regulating bodies of EU member countries. They cover topics such as economic and market analysis, regulatory environment, consumer rights, roaming, evolution of fixed networks, digital markets, cyber security, and others. 

The second half of the forum was devoted to thematic reports and panel sessions, where new policy initiatives developed by the European Commission to address Europe's digital infrastructure needs were discussed. During the relevant panel discussion, representatives of the Directorate General of Communication Networks, Content and Technologies of the European Commission, BEREC and the telecommunications sector (specifically, the French telecom firm Iliad Group and the Spanish telecom company Telefonica) presented their opinions on the European Commission’s White Paper. 

The second panel discussion was devoted to the discussion about the increasing importance of the security and sustainability of digital infrastructure. Chairman of the National Regulatory Commission of Ukraine, Oleksandr Zhivotovsky, spoke about the Russian attacks on Ukrainian telecommunications networks and reviewed the challenges facing the telecom sector in Ukraine. 

Forum attendees also had the opportunity to participate in the process of reviewing the 2025 BEREC work plan, which was presented by BEREC Chair 2024 and head of the Croatian telecom regulator (HAKOM), Tonko Obuljen, and BEREC Chair 2025 Robert Mourik of the Irish regulator ComReg.

Cooperation with fellow regulators and other industry representatives for the purpose of sharing experience constitutes one of the main priorities for the Communications Commission.