ECS 71/2024 – SOR and Final Determination Retail Fixed Market Review 2024
URCA published its Consultation Document on the preliminary Retail Fixed Market Review on 28 February 2024 (“Consultation Document”, or “Preliminary Determination”).1 The Consultation Document set out, inter alia, the following:
• URCA’s preliminary views on the competitive dynamics in the retail fixed services markets in The Bahamas, in terms of the proposed market definitions for the retail services considered in this market review, and the preliminary results of URCA’s dominance assessment in each defined market;
• the proposed ex-ante remedies to be imposed on operators with significant market power (SMP), including the underlying market failures these seek to address; and
• invite comments from stakeholders on the matters set out in the Consultation Document.
The closing date for the submission to URCA of initial responses to the Preliminary Determination ended on 29 May 2024, and the comments on initial responses ended on 10 June 2024. By the 10 June 2024 closing date, URCA had received first and second-round comments from two parties:
• Bahamas Telecommunications Company Limited (‘BTC’); and
• Cable Bahamas Limited/Be Aliv Limited (‘CBL’).
Copies of all responses and opening written submissions may be downloaded from URCA’s website at www.urcabahamas.bs.
The Full PDF can be found below.
