URCA publishes the public consultation on a Preliminary Determination on Wholesale Fixed Call Termination Price Control for SMP licensees. The deadline for responses has been extended from April 8, 2014 to April 30, 2014. Downloads URCA Release, Preliminary Determination Wholesale Fixed Call Termination Price Control for SMPs
Consumer Protection Regulations for the Electronic Communications Sector (ECS) become effective on December 30, 2013, with the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority’s (URCA) publication of the final regulations [URCA document reference ECS 19/2013]. Publication of the regulations concludes a process initiated on June 10, 2013 when URCA released draft regulations for public consultation. Consultation activities included public meetings on the draft regulations in New Providence, Abaco, Andros, Eleuthera, Grand Bahama and San Salvador; in addition to appearances by URCA representatives in various broadcast media forums. URCA also published on December 30, 2013 its Statement of Results [URCA document reference ECS…
Implementation of Fixed Number Portability (FNP) in The Bahamas is expected to begin on December 2, 2013 as per URCA’s October 29, 2013 Determination. FNP will allow customers switching voice services from one provider to another, to do so without having to change their telephone number. Service Providers have met testing and readiness criteria, making the start possible everywhere in The Bahamas where fixed line telephone service is offered by more than one provider. In the October Determination [URCA document reference ECS 15/2013] the two service providers, the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) and Cable Bahamas Limited (CBL), were required to…
On November 19, 2013, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) issued a Final Determination on the implementation of Fixed Number Portability (FNP) in The Bahamas, which addresses issues related to cost allocation and cost recovery [URCA Document Reference ECS 17/2013]. The Determination follows URCA’s July 30, 2013 Preliminary Determination on the implementation of FNP [URCA Document Reference ECS 11/2013] in which URCA outlined its proposal for cost allocation and cost recovery. Operators were permitted to respond to URCA’s proposal. URCA’s consideration of their responses is included in this Final Determination. URCA’s review included issues related to internal set‐up costs,…
