Today the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) published a consultation paper entitled Number Portability for The Bahamas. This document reviews and seeks comments from stakeholders and interested parties on the introduction of number portability on electronic communications networks in The Bahamas. Interested parties may download copies of the consultation paper from the publication section of URCA’s website at www.urcabahamas.bs. Responses to the consultation paper should be submitted to URCA by 5:00 p.m. on 10 June 2011. URCA will then review responses received to the consultation and publish a Statement of Results for the consultation. The Statement of Results will…
Today the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) published a consultation paper on BTC’s proposed charging for interconnection joining services. This document reviews and seeks comments from stakeholders and interested parties on the main joining service charges specified in BTC’s draft Final RAIO submitted to URCA on 23 February 2011. Where appropriate, URCA has also set out its proposed amendments to the charges contained in BTC’s draft Final RAIO. Interested parties may download copies of the consultation paper from the publication section of URCA’s website at www.urcabahamas.bs. Responses to the consultation paper should be submitted to URCA by 5:00 p.m.…
Press Release: URCA gives update on competition investigations. The Press Release can be viewed by downloading the PDF document below. Downloads Press Release- URCA gives update on competition investigations
The Utilities Regulation & Competition Authority (URCA) hereby advises the public of the following investigations commenced by URCA which are currently ongoing regarding allegations of anticompetitive conduct: (i) Complaint by Systems Resource Group Limited (SRG) regarding toll free calls offered to the Bahamas Telecommunications Company Limited’s (BTC) fixed line subscribers when dialing ViBe numbers. (ii) Complaint by SRG alleging a margin squeeze by BTC with respect to BTC’s interconnection/ wholesale domestic long distance termination charge and BTC’s retail ViBe offerings. URCA continues its investigations in respect of the above matters, and will keep the parties and the public advised of…
