Public Consultation on the Proposed Revision of the Retail Pricing Rules for Price Regulated Services Not Subject to Price Cap Regulation (Non Price Capped Services) On 26 May 2016, URCA published for consultation its “Preliminary Determination on Proposed Revision of the Retail Pricing Rules for Price Regulated Services Not Subject to Price Cap Regulation (Non Price Capped Services)” (ECS 16/2016). The preliminary determination is accompanied by the revised Rules contained in Annex 1. In this Preliminary Determination, URCA presents for consultation its proposed amendments of the “Regulation of Retail Prices for SMP Operators – Rules” (ECS 06/2014), also known as…
Public Consultation on Provision of National Roaming Services on the Cellular Mobile Networks of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTC) to the Second Cellular Mobile Operator for an Interim Period On March 30, 2016 URCA published for consultation its “Preliminary Determination and Draft Order on Provision of National Roaming Services on the Cellular Mobile Networks of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd. in The Bahamas to the Second Cellular Mobile Operator for an Interim Period” ECS 10/2016. At the close of the initial response period (i.e., May 6, 2016) URCA received written comments from BTC and CBL. Interested parties are now…
Response to Public Consultation on Proposed Changes to the Reference Access and Interconnection Offer Published by the Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTC) On March 30, 2016 URCA published for consultation its “Preliminary Determination and Draft Order on Proposed Changes to the Reference Access and Interconnection Offer Published by the Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd.” ECS 09/2016. In this Preliminary Determination URCA presents for consultation its review of the Reference Access and Interconnection Offer (RAIO) published by BTC and the changes it proposes to require BTC to make to its RAIO. At the close of the initial response period (i.e., May 6,…
On April 4, 2016, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) issued its Adjudication (ECS 11/2016) pursuant to section 75 of the Communications Act, 2009 (“Comms Act”) in relation to the request submitted by Liberty Global plc (Liberty Global) and Cable and Wireless Communications plc (CWC), for URCA’s approval of the change in control of two of its licensees, the Bahamas Telecommunications Ltd. (BTC) and Columbus Communications Ltd. (CCL). The transaction will result in the acquisition of all of the issued and to be issued shares of CWC, which will result in a change in of ownership of CWC Bahamas…
