Notices & Advisories

Funding for UAT

The Third Schedule to the Utilities Tribunal Appeal Act, UAT (the Tribunal) provides for the levying and collection of a Fee (the Tribunal Fee) from all "licensees or regulated persons in the regulated sectors" in order to fund the establishment of and the work of the Tribunal. Downloads FUNDING FOR UAT  

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Government Releases Electronic Communications Sector Policy

In Accordance with section 6 of the Communications Act, 2009, URCA is required by law to publish a revised sector policy every three years. The Sector Policy sets out the Government's strategic aims for meeting the electronic communications policy objectives. Credit: Electronic Communications Sector Policy 2014- 2017 Downloads Electronic Communications Sector Policy 2014  

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Deadline Extension:Preliminary Determination on the Assessment of Significant Market Power

The consultation on "Preliminary Determination on the Assessment of Significant Market Power - ECS 10/2014" was published on May 22, 2014 and, initially, responses were due on or before July 11, 2014, and comments on the initial responses by August 8, 2014. However, URCA is now extending the deadline for initial responses to July 31, 2014 and comments on the initial responses to August 29, 2014. The consultation document may be downloaded from the "Consultation Document Library" section of this website. Downloads PUBLIC NOTICE Extension of Time to Respond  

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Deadline Extension, Spectrum Pricing Consultation

The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (“URCA”) issues this Notice in accordance with section 8(1)(e) of the Communications Act, 2009 (“Comms Act”). On April 11, 2014, URCA issued its Public Consultation Document – Review of Radio Frequency Spectrum Pricing [ECS 04/2014] requesting responses to be submitted to URCA on or before May 30, 2014. URCA has received requests for benchmarking information from key industry stakeholders. On May 30, 2014, URCA issued a Supplement to Consultation Document - Benchmarks for Review of Radio Frequency Spectrum Pricing [ECS 11/2014]. Therefore, URCA is extending the deadline to give stakeholders the opportunity to review…

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