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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Cable Bahamas makes application to restructure its pay television packages Today, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (‘URCA’) published the ‘Consultation document for Cable Bahamas Limited’s Application for the Repackaging of REVTV Offers’ (ECS 04/2021) on its website. URCA received applications from Cable Bahamas Limited (‘CBL’) requesting URCA’s approval to restructure its REVTV offers for residential and business pay television subscribers. The application for residential REVTV offers was submitted on 27 October 2020 followed by the application for business REVTV offers on 20 January 2021. CBL’s repackaging entails a net reduction in the number of channels…
Press Release Proposed Tariff Review Framework, Guidelines, and Procedures for Public Electricity Suppliers
For Immediate Release The Utility Regulation and Competition Authority, URCA, today issued its consultation document on Proposed Tariff Review Framework, Guidelines and Procedures for Public Electricity Suppliers. In 2015, the Bahamas Government amended the Electricity Act, EA, giving URCA the regulatory remit for the Energy and Electricity sector. Regulatory oversight includes an obligation to review tariff applications from all Public Electricity Suppliers. Today, in preparation for that responsibility, URCA is inviting stakeholders and members of the public in general to provide feedback on what the regulator is proposing as the framework and guidelines for this critical function in the regulation…
Press Release – Review of Draft Wholesale Dedicated Internet Access Reference Offers from BTC and CBL
For Immediate Release Today, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (‘URCA’) published on its website the draft reference offers from BTC and CBL for their point of presence based wholesale dedicated internet access (‘WDIA’) services along with URCA’s consultation document ECS 02/2021. This represents the implementation stage of the obligations set out in the Final Determination on the Review of Wholesale Broadband Access Services under Sections 39 and 40 of the Communications Act, 2009. URCA now invites interested parties to review and comment on both the price and non-price terms for WDIA services proposed by BTC and CBL in their…
