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URCA Launches Facebook Page

June 10, 2013, The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) launched its Facebook page. Visit URCA Bahamas on Facebook. "Like" our page and share it with colleagues and friends. Link:http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/URCA-Bahamas/405875962843170  

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URCA 2013 Oral Hearing

The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) will hold its annual Oral Hearing on Monday May 27th at 6:30 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Harry C. Moore Library, The College of The Bahamas. At this hearing, the Board will present URCA’s 2012 Annual Report and its plan of projects and activities for 2013. Persons wishing to obtain copies of these documents prior to this meeting may access a copy via the following link on the URCA website, https://urcabahamas.bs/news.php?cmd=view&id=209&pre=y. This will be the fourth such hearing, since URCA’s 2009 establishment. The URCA Act, 41(7) requires that, URCA provide such a…

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RFP Audit Services (Closed)

The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) invites interested entities to submit proposals for the provision of audit services. The deadline for submission is June 14, 2013. A copy of the Request for Proposals (RFP) may be downloaded via the below PDF document link. Downloads RFP Audit Services    

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Type Approval, Exempt Radio Spectrum Devices

On January 23, 2013, The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) published “Guidelines for the Type Approval of Licence-Exempt Radio Spectrum Devices”, pursuant to the exemption provision contained in Section 17 of the Communications Act, 2009. The guidelines are intended to supplement ECS 24/2009 Annex G, issued 2 November 2009. The Type Approval process established by these Guidelines is applicable to radio spectrum devices not requiring electronic communications service or networks and is intended to verify that the device complies with standards adopted by URCA. A PDF document copy of the Guidelines may be downloaded via the below link. Downloads…

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