The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority, (URCA) reminds all broadcasters and persons who deliver audiovisual media services in The Bahamas, to ensure that they and their employees, agents and other persons involved in the delivery of audiovisual media services comply with the relevant provisions of the Code of Practice for Content Regulation (ECS 06/2012) (the Code). The Code, issued by URCA on March 2nd 2012, sets standards for content delivered via audiovisual media services in The Bahamas. All radio and television broadcasters in The Bahamas are required to comply with the provisions of the Code. Through its broadcast content monitoring,…
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (“URCA”) issues this Notice in accordance with section 11 of the Communications Act, 2009. Further to URCA’s Final Determination (ECS 19/2016) on the required changes to BTC’s Reference Access and Interconnection Offer (RAIO), BTC submitted its amended RAIO to URCA for its review and final approval. The amended RAIO can be downloaded below. URCA invites and welcomes written comments from interested parties regarding the amendments set out in the revised BTC RAIO. The timelines for submitting comments and URCA’s final review and approval are set forth below: Interested parties may submit comments to URCA…
On 15 July 2016 , URCA published for consultation its “Preliminary Determination on the Assessment of Significant Market Power in Mobile Call and Short Messaging Termination Services on NewCo2015 Limited’s Cellular Mobile Network in The Bahamas pursuant to Section 39(1) of the Communications Act, 2009” (ECS 17/2016). In this document, URCA made determinations regarding the definition of markets, the existence of NewCo having significant market power (SMP) in those markets and the extent to which ex-ante regulation is appropriate in those markets. At the close of the initial response period (i.e., 15 August 2016) URCA received written comments from Bahamas…
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has published its Final Determination on the amendments to the Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd. (BTC) Reference Access and Interconnection Offer (RAIO), issued to BTC on Monday 8 August 2016. Downloads Press Release - Final Determination on BTC's Amended RAIO Statement of Results & Final Determination on RAIO URCA FAQs
