URCA Publishes 2017 Annual Report and 2018 Annual Plan
Today, URCA published its 2017 Annual Report and 2018 Annual Plan. An Oral Hearing to discuss said reports will be scheduled for a later date. Click here to download the full document.
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Girls in ICT Day 2018
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) will once again lead the Bahamas’ observation of the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) International “Girls in “ICT” Day. The ITU invites its member states worldwide to celebrate the 4th Thursday of April each year as International Girls in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Day. This ITU initiative began years ago and has been endorsed by its 170 member states. This year the Day will be observed on Thursday 26 April, under the theme ‘Expand horizons, change attitudes’ in Freeport, Grand Bahama. As member of ITU, the United Nations agency for telecommunications, The Bahamas…
URCA publishes Statement of Results and Final Decision on Proposal to Open Standard Spectrum Bands
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has today published a Statement of Results and Final Decision under the caption Proposal to Open Standard Spectrum Bands Currently Specified as ‘Closed’ in the National Spectrum Plan 2014-2017 (ECS 03/2014). The Statement of Results and Final Decision is listed as ECS 04/2018 and follows URCA’s review of the responses to the Public Consultation Document, ECS 18/2017, published on 9 November 2017 under the same caption. During the consultation period, URCA received written responses from: Andros Lakeside Development Company Ltd.; Be Aliv Limited; and Cable Bahamas Ltd and it subsidiary Systems Resource Group…
URCA publishes Preliminary Position on Net Neutrality and OTT Services
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has today published a Consultation Document under the caption URCA’s Preliminary Position on Net Neutrality and OTT Services in The Bahamas. The Consultation Document is listed as ECS 03/2018. The objectives of this public consultation on URCA’s preliminary position on net neutrality and OTT services in The Bahamas are to: set out and provide its analysis on the regulatory treatment of Net Neutrality and OTT services in other jurisdictions; outline its preliminary thinking on Net Neutrality and OTT services in The Bahamas; state the regulatory measures URCA proposes to adopt in relation to…
