Today, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (“URCA”) published on its website the first-round responses received to the consultation on the Review of draft wholesale Dedicated Internet Access reference offers from BTC and CBL (ECS 02/2021). On 26 February 2021, URCA launched a two-round consultation process in respect of the captioned regulatory measure. With the publication of first-round responses on its website, URCA now invites written comments on the views expressed by Coakster Wireless, Judith Smith, and Wicom Bahamas Ltd. in their first-round responses on the consultation. Copies of all first-round responses may be downloaded here. Persons who wish to…
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…
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…
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) invites interested entities to submit proposals for services to conduct a survey of the Retail Mobile Market in The Bahamas. The results of this survey will help to inform URCA’s understanding of the product market definition for retail cellular/mobile services. In particular, the survey is intended to find out about: Socio-demographic profiles of customers;Customer usage and attitude;Preference for cellular/mobile services versus fixed-line services and Over-the-Top (‘OTT’) calling[1] and messaging services;[2] andCustomer responsiveness to price changes. The deadline for submission of proposals is no later than 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday 6 April 2021. A…
