The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (“URCA”) is inviting comments on the first-round responses received to its Consultation on the establishment of Internet Exchange Points (“IXPs”) in The Bahamas. Copies of the Consultation Document and the first-round responses received may be downloaded from URCA’s website at https://urcabahamas.bs/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ECS-072019-FRAMEWORK-FOR-ESTABLISHMENT-OF-INTERNET-EXCHANGE-POINTS.pdf. Persons who wish to express opinions on the Consultation and related responses are invited to submit their comments in writing to URCA’s Director of Electronic Communications, either: by hand to URCA’s office at Frederick House, Frederick Street, Nassau;by mail to P.O. Box N-4860, Nassau, Bahamas;by fax to (242) 393-0153; orby email to info@urcabahamas.bs. All…
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) invites interested entities to submit proposals for services to conduct surveys of the pay tv and radio broadcasting markets in The Bahamas. It is URCA’s objective to obtain empirical data that can provide representative parameters on the listening and watching habits of consumers and their opinions on the quality of available services and programming provided to consumers over pay-tv and radio in The Bahamas. The deadline for submission of proposals is no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday 2 August 2019. A copy of the RFP and TOR may be downloaded here. https://urcabahamas.bs/rfp_tor-broadcast-market-survey/
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has today published a Preliminary Determination on Proposed Revisions to Final Determinations Class Licences, Exemptions, and Types of Fees (ECS 24/2009) and Guidelines for the Type Approval Certificate of Licence‐Exempt Radio Spectrum Devices (ECS 02/2013). This document, which relates to the Type Approval of Low Power devices, is listed as ECS 05/2019. What is a Type Approval and whom does it impact? A Type Approval Certificate is a document that grants authorization for the use of a specific low power device in The Bahamas. The issuance of a Type Approval Certificate indicates that…
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) hereby gives notice that, on 18 June 2019, a Simplified Notification (the Notification) for the proposed change in control between Classical FM Bahamas Ltd. (the Licensee) and TNG Radio Ltd. was submitted to URCA for approval To view full notice, click here https://urcabahamas.bs/notice-of-proposed-change-in-control-of-classical-fm-bahamas-ltd-2/
