URCA Today issued a Notice extending the time for the RAIO consultation to 12th November, 2010, for interested parties to comment on submissions made by BTC regarding its charges for Joining Circuits and Forecasting and Planning as mandated by URCA in the Public Consultation document (ECS 22/2010) published on 7th September regarding BTC’s draft Reference Access and Interconnection Offer (RAIO). URCA is also using the extension period to allow interested parties the opportunity to submit comments on all submissions received by URCA in response to the said Public Consultation on BTC’s draft RAIO. The Notice can be downloaded Downloads RAIO…
URCA published Preliminary Determinations ECS 18/2009 and ECS 19/2009 (the “Preliminary Determinations”) on 30 September, 2009. These Preliminary Determinations set out the types of obligations that in URCA’s view would satisfy the obligations to be imposed on those licensees presumed to have SMP, in accordance with s.116(2) of the Communications Act, 2009 (the “Comms Act”). Following initial workshops with the SMP operators, and requests for extension of the deadline from one operator, URCA has extended the timetable set out in the Preliminary Determinations, to allow the operators to respond fully and to submit alternative revised proposals. A revised timetable can…
On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 the Commonwealth of The Bahamas will hold a National Referendum. The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) hereby reminds its Licensees providing audiovisual media services, including broadcasting, (Licensees) of the provisions of Part 6 of the Code of Practice for Content Regulation (ECS06/2012) (the Code) relating to Political Broadcasts and Political Advertisements and the Licensees’ obligation to comply with the provisions of the Code. Part 6 of the Code sets the standards that are applicable to the broadcast of political advertisements and election programmes not only preceding to and during the course of a parliamentary…
