The Serbian government has formed a working group that will define projects for the building of the national broadband network, as published in the Official Gazette.

According to the decision, the group's task is to define a detailed plan for the development of the national broadband network, and the role of the state telecommunication infrastructure in the functioning of this network.

The working group, headed by Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic, should also establish the regulatory conditions that will secure the sustainability and development of the national broadband network.

Last year, the participants of round table discussions organized by the Serbian Telecommunication Agency (RATEL), agreed that Serbia needs a national broadband Internet network.

RATEL director Milan Jankovic told BETA earlier that the state needs this Internet network to connect its institutions, and that access should also be allowed to the citizens, who would thus have the option of using the services of e-government and all other services offered on the Internet.