URCA Publishes Code of Practice
Today URCA published the Final Decision on the Code of Practice for Content Service. Downloads Press Release - Political Broadcasting Press Release - Content Code
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Public Consultation: URCA’s Cost Efficiency Study of BTC
February 16, 2012, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) released for public consultation, a “Cost Efficiency Study of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company Limited (BTC)”, [URCA document reference number ECS 04/2012]. The exercise supports the regulator’s extensive engagement with BTC, electronic communication sector (ECS) participants and the public at large, to establish standards for Reference Access and Interconnection Offers (RAIO) by BTC. URCA is concerned with both wholesale and retail pricing behaviour of SMPs. BTCs fixed and mobile retail voice services are subject to price regulation. URCA’s cost efficiency exercise is intended to ensure that its regulation of wholesale prices,…
URCA Grants Approval to BTC’s Application for Retail Charge for Directory Assistance
February 2, 2012, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) published its final decision of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company Limited’s (BTC) February 21, 2011 application for a permanent price change to local directory enquiry services. Approval for a per call retail charge of thirty five cents (35¢), for calls originating on BTC’s network, was granted with various conditions. Including: The first three (3) calls each month, from fixed lines (residential and business) and mobile numbers to local directory assistance services shall be free of charge All enquiries from public pay phones shall be free of charge BTC shall publish and…
Draft Policy for New Specturm Bands – 700MHz, 11GHz, 12GHz and 42GHz
With the publication of a “Draft Policy for New Spectrum Bands – 700MHz, 11GHz, 12GHz and 42GHz” (document reference number ECS 01/2012), today the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) launched a public consultation on the drafting of policy to regulate a planned opening of spectrum bands. This consultative policy review exercise is the fourth in a seven-step process initiated in October 2010. Earlier steps included industry consultations to assess sector interest in and demand for the proposed band opening. Last May 2011, URCA published a statement of the results arising from these early consultations (document reference number ECS 10/2011,…
